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  • Cybersecurity Snapshots #2 - Ransomware Is Not Only a Headache but Can Also Kill
    Cybersecurity Snapshots #2 - Ransomware Is Not Only a Headache but Can Also Kill  
  • "Over Half of Organizations Were Successfully Phished in 2019"
    During a new study, researchers discovered that nearly 90 percent of global organizations became targeted with BEC and spear phishing attacks in 2019. Researchers also discovered that 55 percent of the surveyed organizations dealt with at least one…
  • SoS Musings #33 - Put the Brakes on Deepfakes
    SoS Musings #33 -   Put the Brakes on Deepfakes
  • Cyber Scene #40 - Nations (Not Totally) United On Cybersecurity
    Cyber Scene #40 - Nations (Not Totally) United on Cybersecurity
  • "Security Risk for E-Scooters and Riders"
    The use of micromobility vehicles such as e-scooters is rising, which is welcomed as these vehicles help to reduce traffic congestion. However, computer science experts at the University of Texas at San Antonio conducted research in which they examined…
  • "Google Finds Privacy Holes in Safari’s ITP Anti-Tracking System"
    Google researchers have discovered that Apple's Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) could leave users exposed to privacy issues, including being tracked. Some of the flaws found with Safari's ITP have gotten fixed by an update, but not all. The flaw in…
  • Pub Crawl #34
    ​Pub Crawl summarizes, by hard problems, sets of publications that have been peer reviewed and presented at SoS conferences or referenced in current work. The topics are chosen for their usefulness for current researchers.
  • NSA Highlights SoS Lablet at UIUC
    The National Security Agency on January 23 highlighted the agency's work with University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. “As one of the initial schools to be designated to host an NSA Science of Security (SoS) Lablet, Illinois has been instrumental in…
  • "Microsoft Exposed 250 Million Customer Support Records"
    Researchers discovered that more than 250 million customer service and support records were exposed by Microsoft over two days in December 2019 due to a server misconfiguration.  The records included logs of exchanges between Microsoft’s customer…
  • "Some Hackers Take the Ransom and Run"
    A survey conducted by security researchers at Proofpoint to which 600 security professionals in seven countries responded, revealed that 33% of organizations that were hit with ransomware attacks gave in to the demands for a ransom payment. However, 22%…
  • "An Open Source Effort to Encrypt the Internet of Things"
    Teserakt, a Swiss firm specialized in cryptography, recently introduced a type of cryptographic implant named E4, which is aimed at providing end-to-end encryption for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. E4 would be integrated into IoT manufacturers'…
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) - Call for Papers
    Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) - Call for Papers HFES is looking for submissions of research and practice related to the human and cybersecurity!  HFES is interested in building a broad community between human and cyber experts. …