Last week, we saw a supply-chain attack against the Ultralytics AI library on GitHub. A quick summary:
On December 4, a malicious version 8.3.41 of the popular AI library ultralytics -which has almost 60 million downloads-was published to the Python Package Index (PyPI) package repository. The package contained downloader code that was downloading ( Read more... )

Surprising no one, it’s easy to trick an LLM-controlled robot into ignoring its safety instructions.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/jailbreaking-llm-controlled-robots.html

https://www.schneier.com/?p=69667

This is going to be interesting.

It’s a video of someone trying on a variety of printed full-face masks. They won’t fool anyone for long, but will survive casual scrutiny. And they’re cheap and easy to swap.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/full-face-masks-to-frustrate-identification.html

https://www.schneier.com/?p=69665

This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders. It originally appeared as a response to Evgeny Morozov in Boston Review‘s forum, “The AI We Deserve.”

For a technology that seems startling in its modernity, AI sure has a long history. Google Translate, OpenAI chatbots, and Meta AI image generators are built on decades of advancements in linguistics, ( Read more... )

This tool seems to do a pretty good job.
The company’s Mobile Threat Hunting feature uses a combination of malware signature-based detection, heuristics, and machine learning to look for anomalies in iOS and Android device activity or telltale signs of spyware infection. For paying iVerify customers, the tool regularly checks devices for potential ( Read more... )

Fifteen years ago I blogged about a different SQUID. Here’s an update:
Fleeing drivers are a common problem for law enforcement. They just won’t stop unless persuaded-persuaded by bullets, barriers, spikes, or snares. Each option is risky business. Shooting up a fugitive’s car is one possibility. But what if children or hostages are in it? Lay down ( Read more... )

It’s been the biggest year for elections in human history: 2024 is a “super-cycle” year in which 3.7 billion eligible voters in 72 countries had the chance to go the polls. These are also the first AI elections, where many feared that deepfakes and artificial intelligence-generated misinformation would overwhelm the democratic processes. As 2024 ( Read more... )

Interesting research:
Using jet propulsion inspired by squid, researchers demonstrate a microjet system that delivers medications directly into tissues, matching the effectiveness of traditional needles.

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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/friday-squid-blogging-squid-inspired-needle-technology.html

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In 2025, AI is poised to change every aspect of democratic politics-but it won’t necessarily be for the worse.

India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has used AI to translate his speeches for his multilingual electorate in real time, demonstrating how AI can help diverse democracies to be more inclusive. AI avatars were used by presidential ( Read more... )

This is from 404 Media:
The Graykey, a phone unlocking and forensics tool that is used by law enforcement around the world, is only able to retrieve partial data from all modern iPhones that run iOS 18 or iOS 18.0.1, which are two recently released versions of Apple’s mobile operating system, according to documents describing the tool’s ( Read more... )