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  • SoS Musings #4 - Really?
    SoS Musings #4 Really? The previous Musings (#3) asked what additional knowledge and techniques might be useful in building security science. At the time of this writing there has been no responses to the survey. REALLY?
  • "Cisco 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report predicts new “Destruction of Service” attacks; scale and impact of threats grow"
    According to findings and analyses shared by the Cisco 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report (MCR), new destruction of service (DeOS) attacks are expected to emerge that could have adverse impacts on backups and safety measures implemented by organizations…
  • "Regent University to build cyber training facility at its Virginia Beach campus"
    Officials of the Institute for Cybersecurity at Regent University has announced the development of an advanced cyber range training facility that will be dedicated to helping students attain high-level cybersecurity skills and knowledge through hands-on…
  • "House panel signs off on $1.8B for DHS cyber office"
    The House Appropriations Committee has approved a bill for funding around $1.8 billion for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would allocate $1.4 billion to the cyber unit, National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD).  The NPPD…
  • "AI Fight Club Could Help Save Us from a Future of Super-Smart Cyberattacks"
    A new contest ran by Kaggle, which is a platform for data science competitions, will allow researchers to battle each other with AI algorithms. This competition was created in an effort to encourage learning and understanding of protecting …
  • "Hackers can hijack your connected hoverboard"
    Researchers at IOActive have discovered that a hoverboard manufactured by Segway is susceptible to being hacked via its Bluetooth connection, further indicating the vulnerability of online-connected objects to cyberattacks. The hoverboard called the “…
  • "AI technologies will be in almost every new software product by 2020"
    According to Gartner, AI technologies are expected to be widely implemented into nearly all new software products and services by 2020. As the hype surrounding AI continues to grow, software vendors are increasingly becoming more interested in offering…
  • "The dark web goes corporate"
    Although the “dark web” continues to provide the grounds for a marketplace of illicit services and tools, the ways in which business is conducted within this network has changed. Due to the expansion of the dark web, criminals operating within it are now…
  • "IBM Z mainframe brings end-to-end encryption to all your data"
    Recent incidents of massive data breaches call for comprehensive use of data encryption. IBM has unveiled IBM Z, a mainframe computer that will perform extensive encryption within an enterprise as it aims to constantly encrypt all data connected to any…
  • "Researchers Create Framework to Evaluate Endpoint Security Products"
    Researchers, Lidia Giuliano and Mike Spaulding, have developed a framework that could be used to assess the effectiveness of endpoint security tools. This framework was developed to assist organizations in the process of selecting and examining endpoint…
  • "Blame Human Error for WWE and Verizon’s Massive Data Exposure"
    Recent incidents of data exposure due to improperly configured databases and cloud repositories highlight the dangers of misconfiguration brought upon by human error. Even though mistakes made by companies may be small, they could still have massive…
  • DHS S&T Cyber Division Funding Research
    New story out on Federal News Radio talks about the work that the Department of Homeland Security is doing in funding and transition cybersecurity research.  I found some interesting tidbits.