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Released: 28-Apr-2017 1:05 PM EDT
DHS S&T Announces Commercialization of Malware Detection Technology
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T today announced the transition of a malware detection technology to the commercial marketplace as a result of its participation in the S&T’s Transition to Practice (TTP) program.

   
Released: 14-Apr-2017 4:05 PM EDT
2017 Cyber Defense Competition Enthralls Crowd at Argonne
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne’s second annual Cyber Defense Competition kept spectators on the edge of their seat. New dynamics added suspense to this daylong educational event for college and high school students.

Released: 12-Apr-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Cybersecurity Firm Trains Sycamores for High-Tech Heroics
Indiana State University

Indiana State University Professor Bill Mackey aims to combine users' behavioral causes of cybercrime with criminological research to prevent cyber attacks.

Released: 11-Apr-2017 10:05 PM EDT
Your Phone's Power Use Can Give Hackers an Opening
NYIT

Experts have long known the risks associated with charging a smartphone using a USB cord that can also transfer data, but new research shows that even without data wires, hackers using a "side channel" can quickly find out what websites a user has visited while charging a device.

Released: 11-Apr-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Professors Discuss Consequences of 'Brain-Hacking' Software for Smartphones
California State University, Dominguez Hills

Anderson Cooper visited CSU Dominguez Hills for story about the effects of habit-forming smartphone applications.

Released: 11-Apr-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Internet Atlas Maps the Physical Internet to Enhance Security
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Despite the internet-dependent nature of our world, a thorough understanding of the internet’s physical makeup has only recently emerged, thanks to painstaking work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and their collaborators.

Released: 6-Apr-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Lenvio Inc. Exclusively Licenses ORNL Malware Behavior Detection Technology
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Virginia-based Lenvio Inc. has exclusively licensed a cyber security technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory that can quickly detect malicious behavior in software not previously identified as a threat.

Released: 6-Apr-2017 11:55 AM EDT
MSU Adds Master’s Program in Cyber Security and Operations
Mississippi State University

Building on its robust cyber security research and education programs, Mississippi State University is launching a master’s program in cyber security and operations.

Released: 6-Apr-2017 3:00 AM EDT
Educating and Strengthening the Cybersecurity Workforce
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

As Americans become more dependent on modern technology, the demand to protect the nation's digital infrastructure will continue to grow. In an effort to produce career-ready cybersecurity professionals and to combat cybercrime nationwide, the California State University is creating unique educational opportunities for students and faculty members.

Released: 5-Apr-2017 11:05 AM EDT
High-Schooler Solves College-Level Security Puzzle From Argonne, Sparks Interest in Career
Argonne National Laboratory

15-year-old Jocelyn Murray and her classmates solved a series of college-level cyber puzzles. This weekend they had a front row seat to watch college-level competitors who are older and more experienced defend their networks from constant attack.

Released: 3-Apr-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Google's AI Tool for Video Searches Can Be Easily Deceived
University of Washington

University of Washington security researchers have shown that Google’s new tool that uses machine learning to automatically analyze and label video content can be deceived by inserting a photograph periodically into videos. After they inserted an image of a car into a video about animals, for instance, the system thought the video was about an Audi.

Released: 3-Apr-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Risk of Data Breaches at Hospitals Is Greater at Larger Facilities and Those with Major Teaching Mission
Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School

The risk of data breaches at U.S. hospitals is associated with larger facilities and hospitals that have a major teaching mission, according to a study published online today by JAMA Internal Medicine.

28-Mar-2017 4:15 PM EDT
Android Apps Can Conspire to Mine Information From Your Smartphone
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech researchers have recently discovered that the same apps we use on our phones to organize lunch dates, make online purchases, and communicate the most intimate details of our existence have secretly been colluding to mine our information.

     
Released: 29-Mar-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Making America’s Power Grid Much, Much Smarter
Vanderbilt University

A new, open-source software platform has been designed to support applications required to create a smart power grid and protect it from dangers ranging from terrorists to falling tree limbs.

Released: 21-Mar-2017 11:05 AM EDT
New Brain-Inspired Cybersecurity System Detects ‘Bad Apples’ 100 Times Faster
Sandia National Laboratories

The Neuromorphic Cyber Microscope can look for the complex patterns that indicate specific “bad apples,” all while using less electricity than a standard 60-watt light bulb, due to its brain-inspired design.

Released: 17-Mar-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Arkansas Professor and Student to Lead NATO Training Course on Social Media Analysis
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Jerry L. Maulden-Entergy chair and professor of information science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and his doctoral student, Nihal Hussain, will conduct a four-day social media analysis training course for NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence (STRATCOM COE) at the Latvian Defense Academy March 21-24.

Released: 14-Mar-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Research Examines Susceptibility to Cyberattacks Through Brain Activity, Eye Gaze
University of Alabama at Birmingham

UAB doctoral student Ajaya Neupane awarded highly competitive $50,000 fellowship to continue research using neuroimaging devices to examine internet users’ susceptibility to cyberattacks.



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