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Released: 5-Nov-2015 9:05 AM EST
Your Printer Just Got a Little More Secure
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Hewlett-Packard (HP) recently licensed one-of-a-kind technology – called Symbiote – from Red Balloon Security, to protect its printers from cyber attacks.

Released: 23-Oct-2015 12:05 PM EDT
UAB Research Studies Cyberattacks Through the Lens of EEG and Eye Tracking
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Computer & Information Sciences researchers tested users’ abilities to detect malware and phishing attacks while measuring the neurophysiological behavior underlying these tasks.

Released: 16-Oct-2015 6:05 PM EDT
Think Again Before Tapping the Install Button for That App
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

The results from a recent study showed that multitasking when using mobile devices creates stress and increases the potential for choosing unsafe apps.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Think Twice About Android Root
University of California, Riverside

In first-of-its-kind study, UC Riverside engineers quantify amount of Android root exploits available in commercial software and show that they can be easily abused

Released: 13-Oct-2015 6:05 AM EDT
Is Your Digital Information More at Risk Today Than It Was Ten Years Ago?
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Researchers at University of New Mexico and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory say cybersecurity breeches are not happening more frequently than they did a decade ago. And these data breaches in general are not growing in size.

9-Oct-2015 3:05 PM EDT
New Research Method Identifies Stealth Attacks on Complicated Computer Systems
Virginia Tech

Three Virginia Tech computer scientists are unveiling a novel approach to discovering stealth attacks on computers at the annual ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security.

Released: 9-Oct-2015 6:05 PM EDT
New Research Center Will Focus on Cybersecurity of Nation’s Power Grid
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

University of Arkansas engineering researchers, focused on solid-state solutions to upgrade the U.S. power grid, will lead a new national center devoted to cybersecurity for electric power utilities. The center is made possible by a $12.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, augmented by $3.3 million in matching funds from the research partners.

Released: 1-Oct-2015 5:05 PM EDT
Three Questions With: Ames Laboratory Cybersecurity Manager and Researcher Chris Strasburg
Ames National Laboratory

Ames Laboratory's Chris Strasburg discovered an interest in research while working in systems support and cybersecurity. He’s now the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory’s cybersecurity manager and working toward a Ph.D. in computer science at Iowa State University, studying artificial intelligence approaches, automation of computer languages, and network security.

Released: 29-Sep-2015 4:05 PM EDT
New York Cybersecurity Company Licenses ORNL’s Data Diode
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Lock Data Solutions has licensed a technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed to protect a company’s data from internal and external threats.

Released: 9-Sep-2015 3:05 AM EDT
Making IoT Configuration More Secure and Easy-to-Use
University of Southampton

With an ever increasing number of everyday objects from our homes, workplaces and even from our wardrobes, getting connected to the Internet, known as the ‘Internet of Things (IoT), researchers from the University of Southampton have identified easy-to-use techniques to configure IoT objects, to make them more secure and hence help protect them from online attacks.

Released: 1-Sep-2015 12:05 PM EDT
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Released: 31-Aug-2015 11:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Announces Licensing of Cyber Security Network Anomaly-Detection Technology
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

The PathScan® technology, developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory is a network anomaly-detection tool that is being licensed to Ernst & Young LLP (EY).

Released: 21-Aug-2015 1:05 PM EDT
NYIT Annual Cybersecurity Conference: Threats, Innovations, and New Frontiers
NYIT

Sixth NYIT cybersecurity conference at NYIT Auditorium on Broadway features academic, corporate, and governmental cyber experts, plus a mobile security workshop.

Released: 18-Aug-2015 11:05 AM EDT
International Contest Asks Hackers to Write “Evil” Code
Binghamton University, State University of New York

While most hackathons and programming contests encourage participants to develop usable software, a contest hosted by Binghamton University’s Scott Craver asks users to develop code that is “subtly evil.”

Released: 13-Aug-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Georgia Tech Finds 11 Security Flaws in Popular Internet Browsers Using New Analysis Method
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing developed a new cyber security analysis method that discovered 11 previously unknown Internet browser security flaws.

Released: 6-Aug-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Researchers Developing Architecture to Build Cybersecurity Into Systems
University of Alabama Huntsville

A lightweight virtualization architecture that can be used to build cybersecurity into systems used in the so-called Internet of Things is being developed by a research team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

Released: 4-Aug-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Cybersecurity Experts to Discuss Tricky Balance between Data Sharing and Privacy
 Johns Hopkins University

The second annual Senior Executive Cybersecurity Conference (Thursday, Sept. 10, at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore) will focus on the conflict between crime fighting and privacy. Early-bird discount registration prices are in effect through Aug. 15.

Released: 24-Jul-2015 8:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $2.9 Million for Mobile App Security Research
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced a $2.9 million cybersecurity mobile app security (MAS) research and development (R&D) award that will help identify mobile app vulnerabilities.

Released: 22-Jul-2015 12:00 PM EDT
Computer Security Tools for Journalists Lacking in a Post-Snowden World
University of Washington

Despite heightened awareness of surveillance tactics and privacy breaches, existing computer security tools aren't meeting the needs of journalists working with sensitive material, a new UW study finds.



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