David Oswald

Live as if today's yesterday was the day after yesterday's tomorrow.

[nSinus-R (@[email protected]) @nSinusR]

We have a PhD position opening over at the University of Birmingham! If you are interested in embedded systems, low-level hacking, telco security or trusted execution environments, feel free to reach out. Happy to discuss. Current Application deadline: Dec 5th.

[Charlotte Summers @charlot_summers]

This is concerning… being a science superpower takes more than words.
I very much hope these “fears” turn out to be unfounded.

[David Oswald @sublevado]

@PreetKGillMP The top one on the list (A38 between Speedwell and Priory) is probably leading because it is one of the few with working average speed cams. Having more of these would help to address the wider issue.

[Jon Neale @JonNeale]

Although it’s forgotten it, Birmingham was once the cycle capital of the world. After all, the modern machine was invented in the West Midlands. My latest piece for @brumdispatch. https://t.co/dKnhFI8pyk

[James Watson CEng, FIET @EngineerLondon]

What’s a #BlackStart? Well it’s NOT an outage, power cut, loss of supply, localised fault, blown fuse, shutdown, trip, fault. It’s a TOTAL shutdown of the power system, with the desynchronisation of all power stations. It’s DEAD 😵 We have NEVER had one. So relax folks ☺️ [1/20]

[nSinus-R (@[email protected]) @nSinusR]

Our paper "SIMurai: Slicing Through the Complexity of SIM Card Security Research" just went public!

In this paper, we explore the question: What kind of attacks could a hostile SIM launch against your phone? Surprisingly, a lot.

[Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel]

People of Birmingham! On 23rd October I'll be in conversation with @AadVanMoorsel at @unibirmingham asking whether we ought to be worried about AI - tied to my book. Make sure to get your ticket now! https://t.co/JMjHIj9xe0

[Preet Kaur Gill MP @PreetKGillMP]

Dangerous driving in our area has become a huge safety concern.

I've been campaigning on this since 2021 with little progress made due to funding cuts. Pooling resources is vital.

I've written to @SimonFosterPCC and @CllrMajid calling for action to improve road safety.

[Chomba Bupe @ChombaBupe]

We fundamentally don't understand how dogs work inside thus we should be scared of dogs causing an extinction level event in about 5 to 10 yrs.

All governments should allocate 10% of their respective budgets to safe guard against an uprising of super-dogs.

[Charlie Miller @0xcharlie]

On the one hand Signal had some bad bugs that are now fixed. On the other hand when a bad guy is running code on your computer, your messenger apps are not going to be able to protect your comms.

[Gautam Kamath @thegautamkamath]

*Must read* for anyone interested in ML security, by Nicholas Carlini. Attacks are the only way we know whether or not a purportedly secure system actually is.

Moreover, I consider personal attacks like this unacceptable in my research communities.
https://t.co/7xuL2C7LvC

[Naomi Fisher @naomi_fisher]

The 1st picture is the latest victim of road violence, Mayar Bahia RIP

The 2nd picture is of the scene.

The 3rd tells you what you can do.

The 4th doesn’t exist yet, but statistically, another person will die due to road violence in B’ham next week.
@for_birmingham

[Prof B Buchanan OBE FRSE @billatnapier]

Lattice methods still safe ... https://t.co/ZAdpgXlgLr
"Update on April 18: Step 9 of the algorithm contains a bug, which I don’t know how to fix. See Section 3.5.9 (Page 37) for details. I sincerely thank Hongxun Wu and (independently) Thomas Vidick for finding the bug today.

[Nils Fleischhacker 🥩🔪 @Cryptomaeher]

@crypto_carsten The author at least seems to think that it's not immediately fatal.

[Carsten Baum @crypto_carsten]

This looks serious. Damn serious. Some lattice expert can say something about it?

https://t.co/oEMJSa3RSD

[Alec Muffett @AlecMuffett]

Prof Ross Anderson, RIP
https://t.co/rFXz6NAnFx
#RossAnderson

[Emma 💛💙🇩🇰🇬🇧🇪🇺 @MonkEmma]

Gosh, this sounds terrible.

Imagine losing 70% of your customers overnight…….

🤔

Or do we think someone might be being slightly economical with the truth?

Let’s dig in!

🧵

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[Better Streets for Birmingham is no longer on X @for_birmingham]

https://t.co/5eSSPURXIa If you had a license for a shotgun which you used to maim someone YOU WOULD NEVER GET IT BACK! This man will drive again in < 5 years. Where's the justice for his victim, and all who will have to share the roads with him? #SafeStreetsNow #PeaceSpaceJustice

[Andreas Kogler @0xhilbert]

WebGPU allows websites to use your GPU for general-purpose computations without asking for permission in the browser. To understand which attack vectors are possible using this interface, see our @ASIACCS2024 paper and try the PoC in your browser.

[nSinus-R (@[email protected]) @nSinusR]

Interested in low-level hacking, embedded systems, and trusted execution environments? We currently have a PhD opening, feel free to reach out for more information! Application deadline: April 1st 2024.