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Social Engineering People’s Credit Card Details_SCHNEIER:FC23F3CB8EF68AB95C8F22D16B1FC8D7

Good _Wall Street Journal_ article on criminal gangs that scam people out of their credit card information: > Your highway toll payment is now pas...

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Louvre Jewel Heist_SCHNEIER:95E1DF35298D0266073325B7212C9A42

I assume I don't have to explain last week's Louvre jewel heist. I love a good caper, and have (like many others) eagerly followed the details. An ...

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First Wap: A Surveillance Computer You’ve Never Heard Of_SCHNEIER:F094BE9955575ED03CB05F7491EE8C24

_Mother Jones_ has a long article on surveillance arms manufacturers, their wares, and how they avoid export control laws: > Operating from their ...

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Friday Squid Blogging: “El Pulpo The Squid”_SCHNEIER:714243408E1571917347BE1B92E12DC0

There is a new cigar named "_El Pulpo_ The Squid." Yes, that means "The Octopus The Squid." As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk abo...

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Part Four of The Kryptos Sculpture_SCHNEIER:294C29299E8EB80FEC4F343A00E70BCB

Two people found the solution. They used the power of research, not cryptanalysis, finding clues amongst the Sanborn papers at the Smithsonian's Ar...

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Serious F5 Breach_SCHNEIER:2326E21954F7F5DC755583EB55D713F2

This is bad: > F5, a Seattle-based maker of networking software, disclosed the breach on Wednesday. F5 said a "sophisticated" threat group working...

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Failures in Face Recognition_SCHNEIER:E65EC20845CC5F328C4CBE27F2AFB4C6

Interesting article on people with nonstandard faces and how facial recognition systems fail for them. > Some of those living with facial differen...

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A Cybersecurity Merit Badge_SCHNEIER:6D3820C80B3694EA0110C360D3F3AF8B

Scouting America (formerly known as Boy Scouts) has a new badge in cybersecurity. There's an image in the article; it looks good. I want one.

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Agentic AI’s OODA Loop Problem_SCHNEIER:47DA7508B584B875C4DF5D55978CD014

**The OODA loop --for observe, orient, decide, act--is a framework to understand decision-making in adversarial situations. We apply the same frame...

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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Inks Philippines Fisherman_SCHNEIER:2483372EDB21CE6823014D0CF14F503A

Good video. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Blog moderation pol...

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