Unsupervised Learning: No. 188
Unsupervised Learning29 Heinä 2019

Unsupervised Learning: No. 188

Marcus Hutchins got off with time-served, and people have feelings. The range basically goes from 'he did nothing wrong', to, 'he should rot in prison'. In my mind this outcome was close to perfect. Remember, he went through two years of hell since being brought up charges, he's still a convicted felon, and he also is largely banned from the US. I think it's good that he admitted guilt, faced consequences, and is being offered a chance to continue giving back to the community. More

Attorney General Barr said recently that companies should put backdoors in their products that bypass encryption, or else the government will pass laws that require it. This is unspeakably stupid. Without even getting into the philosophy of whether the internet can host a private conversation (which requires a warrant to tap), we can just start with the fact that backdoors present a clear and present danger to security, right now, due to the weaknesses of those who create them. If the NSA can be hacked or somehow lose its sensitive tools and materials, there's no company this cannot happen to. Purposefully installing backdoors therefore equates (effectively) to giving such access to attackers. Unacceptable. More

Equifax is offering people $125 dollars in reparations for them losing all your data. But to get it, you have to log in and give a bunch of data about yourself. It's hilarious. They made money offering credit protection after the breach, and now they're going to collect updated information on anyone who wants to collect $125. On Twitter I called this a sadder and more permanent form of giving plasma. More

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Unsupervised Learning: No. 99

Unsupervised Learning: No. 99

Information Warfare, AI vs. CAPTCHA, Google Bug Bug, DARPA Drone Swarms, USB Fail, Medical Extortion, tech news, human news, ideas, discovery, recommendations, aphorism, and more…Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

31 Loka 201729min

InfoSec Needs to Embrace New Tech Instead of Ridiculing It

InfoSec Needs to Embrace New Tech Instead of Ridiculing It

The InfoSec community needs to learn how to shepherd the public through new technology instead of joining them in fleeing from it.Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

26 Loka 20176min

The Difference Between Violence and Terrorism

The Difference Between Violence and Terrorism

The ways that terrorism and violence are different, and why it's important that we don't confuse them.Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

26 Loka 20174min

Unsupervised Learning: No. 98

Unsupervised Learning: No. 98

The Reaper botnet, Google Advanced Email Protection, Bitcoin Over $6,000, Duo's $70 million, Dubai going to facial recognition, tech news, human news, ideas, discovery, recommendations, aphorism, and more…Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

23 Loka 201732min

Unsupervised Learning: No. 97

Unsupervised Learning: No. 97

Major WPA2 Flaw, Suburu hack, Vulnerable Container Ships, F-35 Data Stolen, Accenture S3 Buckets, tech news, human news, ideas, discovery, recommendations, aphorism, and more…Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16 Loka 201736min

Unsupervised Learning: No. 96

Unsupervised Learning: No. 96

Russians vs. NSA, ArcSight vs. Russia, DISQUS breach, TrendMicro vulnerability, Stamos, tech news, human news, ideas, discovery, recommendations, aphorism, and more…Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 Loka 201734min

Unsupervised Learning: No. 95

Unsupervised Learning: No. 95

IE leak, Whole Foods, Sonic, Apple Open-sources Kernels, Equifax $15 million retirement, tech news, human news, ideas, discovery, recommendations, aphorism, and more…Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2 Loka 201711min

Unsupervised Learning: No. 94

Unsupervised Learning: No. 94

Deloitte hacked, Equifax fumbles, SEC hacked, iCloud ransom, Adobe PGP facepalm, Verizon S3 buckets, CCleaner, tech news, human news, ideas, discovery, recommendations, aphorism, and more…Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25 Syys 201733min