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LLM Summary of My Book Beyond Fear

Schneier on Security

Claude (Anthropic’s LLM) was given this prompt: Please summarize the themes and arguments of Bruce Schneier’s book Beyond Fear. Then lay out the most salient criticisms of the book. Accountability and Transparency – Ethical security requires checks against excessive power and oversight for responsibility.

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New Book: A Hacker’s Mind

Schneier on Security

I have a new book coming out in February. And there is an entire industry of black-hat hackers who exploit vulnerabilities in the tax code: we call them accountants and tax attorneys. And I end by looking at artificial intelligence, and what will happen when AIs start hacking. It’s about hacking.

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Australia entities suffer Cyber Attacks and QUAD update

CyberSecurity Insiders

Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt from its sources that the threat actors accessed details such as tax file numbers, bank account details, superannuation data, in the attack that could lead to identity theft attacks in the coming weeks.

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Social engineering, deception becomes increasingly sophisticated

Security Affairs

The word deepfake, which originates from a combination of the terms “deep learning” and “fake,” refers to digital audio/video products created through artificial intelligence (AI) that could allow one to impersonate an individual with likeness and voice during a video conversation.

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AI Systems Need Certification, Says CISA

SecureWorld News

When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has spoken: These systems need to be an open book. According to CISA, a lack of accountability can have serious consequences for these devices. And CISA is seeking accountability for that imperfection.

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Watch Out! Governance Is in AI Waters – Do You Have Your Life Jacket?

SecureWorld News

In the subsequent five months, we have witnessed explosive growth in this area, with global legislators scrambling like the Flash's alter ego (DC comic book character) to race against what is a seemingly insurmountable pace of AI advancements, all in the pursuit of implementing "some type of regulatory guardrail." accounted for 5.5

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Hacking the Tax Code

Schneier on Security

And there are thousands of black-hat researchers who examine every line of the tax code looking for exploitable vulnerabilities—tax attorneys and tax accountants. Here’s my question: what happens when artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) gets hold of this problem? Exploits are called tax avoidance strategies.

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