TechLetters #19

Welcome to next TechLetters.

Security

UK cyberwars. Political decision is announced: United Kingdom will improve their offensive cyber capabilities. The Integrated Review document is here. My analysis here.

While cyberattacks on smartphones of the target are a scalpel-like operation, disabling enemy missile systems (“keeping UK military aircraft safe from targeting by weapons systems“) is an example of a cyber operation targeting the enemy weapons systems (I wrote about the cyber risk of weapons systems in a recent piece).

Exploiting Spectre-like vulnerabilities. Interesting post.

What ransomware people can do? Interesting interview with a ransomware operator. He discloses that access to weapons systems is possible (but starting a war is not economically sound), and that targeting companies having cyber insurance is preferred (because they pay).

Privacy

Privacy of Privacy Sandbox. Well, Federated Learning of Cohorts. Ability to detect when the user is browsing in incognito mode? My analysis here. For more, let’s wait for more design choices to be implemented.

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