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"Novel Attack Tricks Servers to Cache, Expose Personal Data"Omer Gil, an information security team leader at EY Advanced Security Center, has discovered a way in which a web server could be deceived into caching pages and revealing sensitive information. This web caching attack is performed through the abuse of…
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Technical Papers at CMU Quarterly Meeting 2017Science of Security Lablet Quarterly Meeting Pittsburgh, PA July 11, 2017 Research Presentations at Lablet Quarterly Meeting The summer 2017 quarterly Science of Security (SoS) Lablet meeting was held at Carnegie Mellon University on July 10 and 11…
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"Why has healthcare become such a target for cyber-attackers?"Healthcare has increasingly become one of the most targeted industries for cyberattacks as indicated by recent incidents of massive data breaches and ransomware attacks. Concerns pertaining to the potential hacking of connected medical devices have also…
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Lablet Quarterly Meeting CMU Report 2017Science of Security Lablet Quarterly Meeting Pittsburgh, PA July 11, 2017 Researchers, NSA meet, discuss Science of Security theory and practice The summer 2017 quarterly Science of Security (SoS) Lablet meeting was held at Carnegie Mellon…
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"NSA funds cybersecurity project to bolster security of cloud-based computing"A University of Arkansas at Little Rock researcher, Dr. Mengjun Xie, has received additional funding from the National Security Agency (NSA) for the development of a virtual cybersecurity lab, which aims to improve upon cybersecurity skills of students…
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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?
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"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…
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"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…
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"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…
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"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 …