TechLetters #170 XZ. Civilian involvement in Ukraine war. $7 million for iPhone zero-day. Breakthrough in quantum computers. AI-recommender for targets of military strikes
TechLetters #169 XZ looks_like-espionage operation to backdoor software and OS. EU rules to defend elections from disinformation (regulating influencers?). US/UK accuse China of cyberattacks
TechLetters #168 Major breakthrough in quantum computer design. Treaty prohibiting some uses of autonomous weapons systems (AI drones, etc). Passkeys/Webauthn vs Competition. Hotel keys broken.
TechLetters #164 Antivirus vendor fined for selling user data; New measures of online political influence, or misinformation; Post-quantum crypto in Apple iMessage; Spyware at European Parliament.
TechLetters #163 Romania hospitals paralysed with ransomware. Offensive cyber with generative AI. Quantum Shor factorisation is 4x easier. Encryption is legal, says European Court of Human Rights.
TechLetters #162 Tampering with medical diagnostic results; iPhone apps collecting detailed sensor readouts; Unmanned systems in army branch; fighting disinformation is tough.
TechLetters #161 - Death indirectly following ransomware; Drones and cyber during wars are changing military strategy; Factorisation of number 247 on a quantum computer