Print Chess Pieces, then Defeat the Chess-Playing Printer

Chess is undoubtedly a game of the mind. Sadly, some of the nuances are lost when you play on a computer screen. When a game is tactile, it carries a different gravity. Look at a poker player shuffling chips, and …read more

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Smashing Security podcast #216: Playboy, prison, and digital ploys – with Garry Kasparov

World-chess-champion-turned-activist Garry Kasparov returns to the show as we discuss a romance scammer with plenty of time on his hands, the surge in sextortion, and how social media is being swamped with claims of fake snow.

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Vulnerability in Chess.com allowed access to 50 Million user records

By Saad Rajpoot
The Chess.com vulnerability could have been exploited to access any account on the site including the administrator account.
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Smashing Security podcast #207: Cyber biowarfare, giant ladybugs, and strippers

Fears are raised about cyber bioterrorists, there’s a widespread blackout for IoT devices caused by a cloud cock-up, and what role do strippers play in a revamp of the United States’s computer crime laws?

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Smashing Security #174: Garry Kasparov and Animal Crossing

World-chess-champion-turned-activist Garry Kasparov joins us as we discuss celebrity lookalikes, smartphone fleeceware, the impact Coronavirus is having on security, and how a popular new video game is being used for political ends.
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Voice Chess Uses Phone, Arduino, And An Electromagnet

[Diyguypt] may be an altruist to provide the means for people who can’t manipulate chess pieces to play the game. Or he may just have his hands too busy with food and drink to play. Either way, his voice command chessboard appears to work, although it has a lot of …read more

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