Friday Squid Blogging: Jurassic Squid and Prey
A 180-million-year-old Vampire squid ancestor was fossilized along with its prey. As usual, you can…
Schneier on Security
Schneier on Security
Backdoor Added — But Found — in PHP
Unknown hackers attempted to add a backdoor to the PHP source code. It was two…
Google’s Project Zero Finds a Nation-State Zero-Day Operation
Google’s Project Zero discovered, and caused to be patched, eleven zero-day exploits against Chrome, Safari,…
WTF: Signal Adds Cryptocurrency Support
According to Wired, Signal is adding support for the cryptocurrency MobileCoin, “a form of digital…
Phone Cloning Scam
A newspaper in Malaysia is reporting on a cell phone cloning scam. The scammer convinces…
Wi-Fi Devices as Physical Object Sensors
The new 802.11bf standard will turn Wi-Fi devices into object sensors: In three years or…
Friday Squid Blogging: 500-Million-Year-Old Cephalopod
The oldest known cephalopod — the ancestor of all modern octopuses, squid, cuttlefish and nautiluses…
Malware Hidden in Call of Duty Cheating Software
News article: Most troublingly, Activision says that the “cheat” tool has been advertised multiple times…
Fugitive Identified on YouTube By His Distinctive Tattoos
A mafia fugitive hiding out in the Dominican Republic was arrested when investigators found his…
System Update: New Android Malware
Researchers have discovered a new Android app called “System Update” that is a sophisticated Remote-Access…