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CyberMaskQA: A Privacy-Aware Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Models in Cybersecurity Question Answering
Large language models LLMs are increasingly applied to cybersecurity question answering QA for critical tasks such as incident response and vulnerability analysis. However, real-world operational contexts, including system logs and network configurations, inherently contain sensitive identifiers,...
Security in the Era of Perceptive Networks: A Comprehensive Taxonomic Framework for Integrated Sensing and Communication Security
Integrated Sensing and Communication ISAC represents a significant shift in the 6G landscape, where wireless networks both sense the environment and communicate. While prior comprehensive surveys have established foundational elements of ISAC security, discussed perception-focused security models...
Benchmarking Fraud Detectors on Private Graph Data
We introduce the novel problem of benchmarking fraud detectors on private graph-structured data. Currently, many types of fraud are managed in part by automated detection algorithms that operate over graphs. We consider the scenario where a data holder wishes to outsource development of fraud...
SoK: Stablecoin Designs, Risks, and the Stablecoin LEGO
Stablecoins have become significant assets in modern finance, with a market capitalization exceeding USD 246 billion May 2025. Yet, despite their systemic importance, a comprehensive and risk-oriented understanding of crucial aspects like their design trade-offs, security dynamics, and...
Design Patterns for Securing LLM Agents against Prompt Injections
As AI agents powered by Large Language Models LLMs become increasingly versatile and capable of addressing a broad spectrum of tasks, ensuring their security has become a critical challenge. Among the most pressing threats are prompt injection attacks, which exploit the agent's resilience on...
LLM Summary of My Book Beyond Fear
Claude Anthropics LLM was given this prompt: Please summarize the themes and arguments of Bruce Schneiers book Beyond Fear. Im particularly interested in a taxonomy of his ethical arguments--please expand on that. Then lay out the most salient criticisms of the book. Claudes reply: Heres a brief...
Akamai Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Network Edge Security as a Service
Akamai was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for delivering cloud security without performance trade-offs via our mature application security portfolio...
Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 6, 2022) — Continuing down the Privacy Policy rabbit hole
As I wrote about last week, Ive been diving a lot into apps privacy policies recently. And I was recently made aware of a new type of app I never knew existed -- family trackers. There are countless mobile apps for parents to track their children or other family members based on their location,...
Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 6, 2022) — Continuing down the Privacy Policy rabbit hole
By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. As I wrote about last week, I’ve been diving a lot into apps’ privacy policies recently. And I was recently made aware of a new type of app I never knew existed — family trackers. There are countless mobile apps for...
FBI Had the REvil Decryption Key
The Washington Post reports that the FBI had a decryption key for the REvil ransomware, but didnt pass it along to victims because it would have disrupted an ongoing operation. The key was obtained through access to the servers of the Russia-based criminal gang behind the July attack. Deploying i...
Making the case: How to get the board to invest in higher education cybersecurity
Security leaders in institutions of higher education face unique challenges, as they are charged with keeping data and the network secure, while also allowing for a culture of openness, sharing, and communication—all cornerstones of the academic community. And depending on the college or...
Attorney General Barr and Encryption
Last month, Attorney General William Barr gave a major speech on encryption policywhat is commonly known as "going dark." Speaking at Fordham University in New York, he admitted that adding backdoors decreases security but that it is worth it. Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it i...
Risks of Password Managers
Stuart Schechter writes about the security risks of using a password manager. It's a good piece, and nicely discusses the trade-offs around password managers: which one to choose, which passwords to store in it, and so on. My own Password Safe is mentioned. My particular choices about security an...