Amateurs can contribute(?) to cyber war. Perhaps revealing security weaknesses that the military would rather keep in reserve, perhaps drawing retaliation?
Hactivists say they hacked Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup
Hacktivists in Belarus said on Monday they had infected the network of the country’s state-run railroad system with ransomware and would provide the decryption key only if Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko stopped aiding Russian troops ahead of a possible invasion of Ukraine.
Less obvious but still warlike?
https://thehackernews.com/2022/01/hackers-exploited-mshtml-flaw-to-spy-on.html
Hackers Exploited MSHTML Flaw to Spy on Government and Defense Targets
Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday took the wraps off a multi-stage espionage campaign targeting high-ranking government officials overseeing national security policy and individuals in the defense industry in Western Asia.
… Trellix attributed the attacks with moderate confidence to the Russia-based APT28 group, the threat actor behind the compromise of SolarWinds in 2020, based on similarities in the source code as well as in the attack indicators and geopolitical objectives.
Empire building? What if everyone tried to write the rules?
SEC eyes more expansive cybersecurity requirements
Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has laid out an ambitious cybersecurity plan for his agency that could give it a far more expansive regulatory footprint than it currently has. Speaking to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Annual Securities Regulation Institute, Gensler said that “the financial sector remains a very real target of cyberattacks” and is becoming “increasingly embedded within society’s critical infrastructure.”
… In his speech, Gensler proposed a series of changes involving new, “refreshed,” or expanded SEC cybersecurity authorities.
Other ways to irritate us.
https://thenextweb.com/news/smart-devices-read-mood-mind-shouldnt-without-consent-syndication
Smart devices can now read your mood and mind — they shouldn’t without consent
… it also got me thinking about other biometric recognition devices which, for better or worse, are already integrated into our everyday lives.
There are obvious examples: fingerprint scanners that unlock doors and facial recognition that allows payment through a phone. But there are other devices that do more than read an image — they can literally read people’s minds.
Trying to keep up...
State Legislative Trends to Watch in 2022
… While some states will have these bills under consideration well into the fall, the vast majority of state legislatures will adjourn by early June and thirteen will adjourn before the start of April.
During this early year sprint, there are five general trends that observers will want to keep an eye on in state legislatures.
(Related)
ADDRESSING THE INTERSECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY: FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS
… In the coming weeks and months, FPF will be publishing a blog series to provide an informative overview of government efforts to regulate discriminatory data practices through proposed legislation and executive agency enforcement. This blog is the first in the series and will cover federal legislative efforts.
And sometimes you just need an alibi…
https://www.makeuseof.com/best-android-location-spoofing-apps/
The 7 Best Free Android Apps to Fake Your GPS Location
Are you looking for a way to catch those location-specific Pokémon in Go? Want some rare Harry Potter: Wizards Unite "foundables" only available in another country? Or do you just want to fool your friends into thinking you're on the other side of the planet? Well, you need a GPS spoofer, then!
Here are the best GPS spoofing apps on Android. These are all free and don't require you to root/jailbreak your smartphone or tablet. Instead, you can just tinker with a Developer option on your device.
It used to be that super computers were used for advanced physics or predicting the weather.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/24/22898651/meta-artificial-intelligence-ai-supercomputer-rsc-2022
Meta has built an AI supercomputer it says will be world’s fastest by end of 2022
Designed to train the next generation of machine learning systems
… The company says its new AI Research SuperCluster, or RSC, is already among the fastest machines of its type and, when complete in mid-2022, will be the world’s fastest.
… The news demonstrates the absolute centrality of AI research to companies like Meta. Rivals like Microsoft and Nvidia have already announced their own “AI supercomputers,” which are slightly different from what we think of as regular supercomputers. RSC will be used to train a range of systems across Meta’s businesses: from content moderation algorithms used to detect hate speech on Facebook and Instagram to augmented reality features that will one day be available in the company’s future AR hardware. And, yes, Meta says RSC will be used to design experiences for the metaverse — the company’s insistent branding for an interconnected series of virtual spaces, from offices to online arenas.
Perspective.
https://www.ft.com/content/2d446160-08cb-489f-90c8-853b3d88780d
Why gaming is the new Big Tech battleground
… According to some, the deal, announced on Tuesday, will greatly add to forces that have already been reshaping the sector in recent years including the streaming of games, leading to the creation of ever-larger gaming empires.
The huge size of today’s gaming audience, which already dwarfs other forms of mass-market entertainment, is playing to the strengths of companies that can build and manage giant online businesses to spread their costs, according to Bing Gordon, a longtime video game executive and venture capitalist.
… Microsoft’s move has still highlighted the rising stakes in a business whose $180bn of annual revenue in 2021 is already double that of the movie industry.
I haven’t seen articles like this for a while. Perhaps war driving is making a comeback?
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-make-a-wifi-antenna-out-of-a-pringles-can-nb/
How To Make a Wi-Fi Antenna Out Of a Pringles Can
I like it!
Bookfeed.io – An RSS feed listing all newly released books from your favorite authors
Likas Mathis – “Bookfeed.io is a simple tool that allows you to specify a list of authors, and generates an RSS feed with each author’s most recently released book. I made this because I don’t want a recommendation algorithm to tell me what to read, I just want to know when my favorite authors release new books.”
(Related) I use Feedly myself.
https://www.bespacific.com/what-is-rss-and-how-to-use-it-effectively/
What is RSS and How to Use it Effectively
A reminder to continue to reference this article by Pete Weiss, What is RSS and How to Use it Effectively. RSS has changed over the years, but remains a significant application for researchers.
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