Recent Advisories

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Backdoor in Notepad++_SCHNEIER:158738ADED8CC111A57504D4C30BDE61

Hackers associated with the Chinese government used a Trojaned version of Notepad++ to deliver malware to selected users. > Notepad++ said that of...

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US Declassifies Information on JUMPSEAT Spy Satellites_SCHNEIER:0BAE551818BE1F6D25A1F08007A22118

The US National Reconnaissance Office has declassified information about a fleet of spy satellites operating between 1971 and 2006. I'm actually i...

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Microsoft is Giving the FBI BitLocker Keys_SCHNEIER:049097C5DEA71E7C9F26161CB7A8AA41

Microsoft gives the FBI the ability to decrypt BitLocker in response to court orders: about twenty times per year. > It's possible for users to st...

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AI Coding Assistants Secretly Copying All Code to China_SCHNEIER:7964FDF8DC357532582A7D8E9A645308

There's a new report about two AI coding assistants, used by 1.5 million developers, that are surreptitiously sending a copy of everything they ing...

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Friday Squid Blogging: New Squid Species Discovered_SCHNEIER:A6B656329A768BC275D939435C0CCB7B

A new species of squid. pretends to be a plant: > Scientists have filmed a never-before-seen species of deep-sea squid burying itself upside down ...

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AIs Are Getting Better at Finding and Exploiting Security Vulnerabilities_SCHNEIER:33A49DEEE34F0632058786EE49F213A9

From an Anthropic blog post: > In a recent evaluation of AI models’ cyber capabilities, current Claude models can now succeed at multistage attack...

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The Constitutionality of Geofence Warrants_SCHNEIER:C5D909D7D74B74A7969E81C6B452ACD9

The US Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of geofence warrants. > The case centers on the trial of Okello Chatrie, a Virginia man ...

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Ireland Proposes Giving Police New Digital Surveillance Powers_SCHNEIER:7E909EA3E81994F1DEAD5FDA6BF70ABA

This is coming: > The Irish government is planning to bolster its police's ability to intercept communications, including encrypted messages, and ...

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Internet Voting is Too Insecure for Use in Elections_SCHNEIER:39FF5270AE8E2A5829EC65353DFBAA20

No matter how many times we say it, the idea comes back again and again. Hopefully, this letter will hold back the tide for at least a while longer...

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Could ChatGPT Convince You to Buy Something?_SCHNEIER:2BFC9BD5567BDAEA2C775FC03080CA4A

Eighteen months ago, it was plausible that artificial intelligence might take a different path than social media. Back then, AI's development hadn'...

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