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Released: 17-Mar-2020 5:05 PM EDT
Media consumption predicts how people think about computer hacking
Arizona State University (ASU)

A recent study from Arizona State University examined the impact of general media consumption on hacking behavior. People who consumed more media thought others were likely to engage in hacking. The punishments associated with hacking had no influence on how people thought about hacking.

Released: 10-Mar-2020 10:35 AM EDT
The Trouble With Election Security
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Russia interfered with the U.S. presidential election in 2016, and in 2018, internet trolls again spread disinformation during the midterms. Intelligence officials warn that interference in this year’s presidential election may already be underway.

   
Released: 3-Mar-2020 11:05 AM EST
Argonne researchers focus on grid cybersecurity to pave the way for a clean energy future
Argonne National Laboratory

Distributed energy resources use electronics to communicate with each other or with a control center. Yet this presents opportunities for cyber attacks that could become real threats to the electric power system. Argonne experts are developing ways to protect power systems from these threats before they can occur.

Released: 27-Feb-2020 1:05 PM EST
'Surfing attack' hacks Siri, Google with ultrasonic waves
Washington University in St. Louis

Using ultrasound waves propagating through a solid surface, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis were able to read text messages and make fraudulent calls on a cellphone sitting on a desk up to 30 feet away.

Released: 27-Feb-2020 7:00 AM EST
University of Texas at Dallas Computer Scientists’ New Tool Fools Hackers into Sharing Keys for Better Cybersecurity
University of Texas at Dallas

Instead of blocking hackers, a new cybersecurity defense approach developed by University of Texas at Dallas computer scientists actually welcomes them. The method, called DEEP-Dig (DEcEPtion DIGging), ushers intruders into a decoy site so the computer can learn from hackers’ tactics. The information is then used to train the computer to recognize and stop future attacks.

Released: 25-Feb-2020 11:05 AM EST
CSU Hosts Informational Session on New Cybersecurity Degree Program
Columbus State University

Columbus State University’s TSYS Cybersecurity Center is hosting a series of informational sessions on the new Nexus Cybersecurity degree.

25-Feb-2020 8:00 AM EST
Researchers Develop Framework that Improves Firefox Security
University of California San Diego

Researchers from the University of California San Diego, University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University and Mozilla have developed a new framework to improve web browser security. The framework, called RLBox, has been integrated into Firefox to complement Firefox’s other security-hardening efforts.

Released: 20-Feb-2020 1:25 PM EST
University of Rhode Island Announces URI Online degree and certificate programs
University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. — February 20, 2020, — The University of Rhode Island has announced a new degree and certificate initiative, URI Online, which provides students and professionals access to a URI education anywhere and anytime across the globe. URI Online offers fully-online undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs designed to meet the global challenges of today’s workforce and the needs of tomorrow’s professionals.

Released: 6-Feb-2020 2:05 PM EST
Why It Matters: Voter, You've Been Hacked
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

The aftershocks of Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election are still being felt today. Is the United States ready for 2020?

   
Released: 5-Feb-2020 10:35 AM EST
Thwarting Hacks by Thinking Like the Humans Behind Them
Michigan State University

Research from Michigan State University reveals the importance of factoring in a hacker’s motive for predicting, identifying and preventing cyberattacks.

Released: 27-Jan-2020 4:10 PM EST
USC Kicks Off 50-State Election Cybersecurity Trainings on Jan. 28 in Maryland
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

The initiative, supported by Google, will provide invaluable resources to campaigns, election workers, elected officials, and concerned citizens to reinforce election cybersecurity measures through best practices and planning.

Released: 27-Jan-2020 3:10 PM EST
The great e-scooter hack
University of Texas at San Antonio

Micromobility vehicles, such as e-scooters, zip in and out of traffic. In San Antonio alone, over 12,000 scooters are on the road. For this reason, micromobility is seen as an alleviating trend to help tackle traffic congestion.

Released: 27-Jan-2020 8:05 AM EST
Expanded Version of the Information Sharing Assessment Tool Now Available
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Newly updated with optional scenarios and expanded question sets, the ISAT is a web-based self-assessment tool that helps public safety agencies understand their current information sharing capabilities and gaps.

Released: 23-Jan-2020 2:20 PM EST
Data from Behind Enemy Lines: How Russia May have Used Twitter to Seize Crimea
University of California San Diego

Online discourse by users of social media can provide important clues about the political dispositions of communities.

Released: 23-Jan-2020 12:30 PM EST
Quantum experiments explore power of light for communications, computing
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of quantum researchers from ORNL have conducted a series of experiments to gain a better understanding of quantum mechanics and pursue advances in quantum networking and quantum computing, which could lead to practical applications in cybersecurity and other areas.

Released: 21-Jan-2020 6:50 PM EST
DHS S&T Selects Georgia Tech Group to Improve Info Sharing & Safeguarding for Public Safety Comms
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T awarded a $704,000 research-and-development (R&D) contract to Atlanta-based Georgia Tech Applied Research Center (GTARC) to address a crucial gap in the trustmark framework for the public safety community’s information sharing and safeguarding (IS&S) capabilities.

Released: 17-Jan-2020 2:15 PM EST
DHS S&T Awards $750K to Maryland Company for Cybersecurity of Emergency Communicators
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T awarded $750,000 to SecuLore Solutions, an Odenton, Md.-based cybersecurity company, to improve and increase the resiliency of the nation’s emergency communications infrastructure, including Next Generation 911 (NG911) technologies.

Released: 17-Jan-2020 9:00 AM EST
DHS S&T Leads Smart City Tech Integration Pilot for St. Louis
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T conducted its final integration of smart city technologies this week in St. Louis, Missouri in collaboration with the city, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), and the T-REX Innovation Center (T-REX).

Released: 16-Jan-2020 4:30 PM EST
Research Reveals Internet Crime Becoming More Sophisticated and Persistent in Florida and Other Large States
Florida Atlantic University

Researchers identify the top states as having the largest victim monetary losses and number of victims, and their report shows online crime trends in the last four years before 2019 (2015 to 2018) for the six top states with the highest internet crime activity.

Released: 16-Jan-2020 2:50 PM EST
Organized cybercrime – not your average mafia
Michigan State University

Research from Michigan State University is one of the first to identify common attributes of cybercrime networks, revealing how these groups function and work together to cause an estimated $445-600 billion of harm globally per year.

Released: 14-Jan-2020 9:05 PM EST
DHS Awards $197K for Digital Credentials That Work Offline
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T has awarded $197,020.95 Phase 1 funding to Stranger Labs, Inc. based in Cambridge, MA, to develop a digital credential solution that mitigates compromising the usability and convenience of paper-based credentials by making digital credentials verifiable offline.

Released: 13-Jan-2020 7:15 PM EST
DHS S&T and Israeli Partners Announce Awards for Advanced Technologies in Homeland Security
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

The Israel – U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation today announced three awards for collaborative projects totaling $2.3 million to develop advanced technologies for the homeland security mission.

Released: 7-Jan-2020 5:50 PM EST
Conflicts to Watch in 2020
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

In CFR’s annual Preventive Priorities Survey, U.S. foreign policy experts assess the likelihood and impact of thirty potential conflicts that could emerge or escalate in the coming year.

Released: 18-Dec-2019 12:05 PM EST
Online Hate Speech Could Be Contained Like a Computer Virus, Say Researchers
University of Cambridge

The spread of hate speech via social media could be tackled using the same "quarantine" approach deployed to combat malicious software, according to University of Cambridge researchers.

   
Released: 18-Dec-2019 12:05 PM EST
Email users should have 'more control' over post-mortem message transmission
Aston University

Email users should have far more control over the transmission of their messages upon death, a new study suggests.

Released: 18-Dec-2019 10:55 AM EST
UA Little to develop free cybersecurity curriculum for high school students through new partnership with Arkansas Department of Education
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will help create a free cybersecurity curriculum for Arkansas high school students as part of a new partnership announced Dec. 9 at UA Little Rock’s College of Engineering and Information Technology. The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) Office of Computer Science will partner with UA Little Rock, the Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative’s Virtual Arkansas division, and the University of Central Arkansas to develop a three-year cybersecurity curriculum and course pathway.

Released: 17-Dec-2019 12:40 PM EST
How vulnerable is your car to cyberattacks?
Michigan State University

New research from Michigan State University is the first to apply criminal justice theory to smart vehicles, revealing cracks in the current system leading to potential cyber risks.

Released: 16-Dec-2019 2:20 PM EST
Wayne State receives NSF grant to enhance cybersecurity of chemical process control systems
Wayne State University Division of Research

With the help of a three-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, a research team from Wayne State University will comprehensively evaluate the characteristics of cyberattacks for processes involving chemical processes of different types, and will develop fundamental advances in control theory and algorithms for enhancing cybersecurity of control systems for these processes through control designs integrated with other frameworks such as detection algorithms.

Released: 9-Dec-2019 9:00 AM EST
CSU Hosts Informational Session on New Cybersecurity Degree Program
Columbus State University

Columbus State University’s TSYS Cybersecurity Center is hosting a series of informational sessions on the new Nexus Cybersecurity degree. The informational sessions are open to the public. Prospective students interested in applying to join the first-ever, cohort of students in Spring 2020 are strongly encouraged to attend.

Released: 5-Dec-2019 1:30 PM EST
Brookhaven Hosts Seven Teams for 2019 CyberForce CompetitionTM
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Columbia, NYU, Northeastern, St. John’s, SUNY Albany, SCCC, and USMA at West Point participated in the nationwide cyberdefense competition.

Released: 4-Dec-2019 12:05 PM EST
S&T and CBP Host the Havre Sector Field Experiment
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

As part of the HSE’s ongoing efforts to address vulnerabilities, DHS S&T and USBP conducted a field test at USBP Havre Sector.

Released: 2-Dec-2019 1:30 PM EST
7 Tips to Keep Hackers, Crooks and Scammers Out of Your Smartphone
Saint Louis University Medical Center

Hackers can exploit network vulnerabilities to steal passwords without being detected or use malicious media files disguised in photos or videos to access messages on unpatched phones.

Released: 26-Nov-2019 10:25 AM EST
Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

The Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) list of the 25 most dangerous software errors is a compilation of the most frequent and critical errors that can lead to serious vulnerabilities in software.

Released: 22-Nov-2019 10:05 PM EST
DHS P25 CAP Expands Program to Include ISSI/CSSI Equipment
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP) has been expanded to include ISSI/CSSI equipment testing and is working to get laboratories accredited to conduct this testing.

Released: 20-Nov-2019 5:15 AM EST
Election security is about more than just machines, researcher says
Missouri University of Science and Technology

As the 2020 elections approach, voters need to be aware of possibly malicious attempts to manipulate their opinions and their votes, according to Dr. George Markowsky, professor of computer science at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

   
Released: 20-Nov-2019 5:05 AM EST
Smart Cities Initiative Tests In-Building Sensors during Soft Target / Active Shooter Exercise at George Mason University
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

This week, DHS S&T evaluated a suite of in-building sensors developed through the Smart City Internet of Things Innovation (SCITI – pronounced “city”) Labs effort during a live active shooter exercise at George Mason University’s (GMU) Eagle Bank Arena.

Released: 19-Nov-2019 11:45 AM EST
University of Maryland, Baltimore County wins DOE’s 2019 CyberForce Competition™
Argonne National Laboratory

After a long suspenseful day, University of Maryland, Baltimore County earned the top spot as national winner of the U.S. Department of Energy’s CyberForce Competition.

Released: 19-Nov-2019 11:30 AM EST
UAH will be first Alabama universityto offer H4D cybersecurity course
University of Alabama Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will be the first in the state to offer the Hacking for Defense (H4D) cybersecurity class beginning in spring semester 2020.

Released: 19-Nov-2019 3:45 AM EST
DHS awards $197k for blockchain-agnostic approach to tracking raw material imports
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T has awarded $197,292.00 to Factom, Inc. based in Austin, Texas, to develop a blockchain security system that agencies can use to create and verify identities and help detect fraud involving imports, such as raw materials.



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