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Cybersecurity Snapshots #6 - Will Biometric Authentication Soon Replace Password Authentication?Cybersecurity Snapshots #6 - Will Biometric Authentication Soon Replace Password Authentication?
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Spotlight on Lablet Research #6 - Contextual Integrity for Computer SystemsSpotlight on Lablet Research #6 - Project: Contextual Integrity for Computer Systems
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"Hackers Can Target Rockwell Industrial Software With Malicious EDS Files"Rockwell Automation and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published advisories about vulnerabilities associated with the Electronic Data Sheet (EDS) subsystem discovered by researchers at the industrial cybersecurity firm…
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The Queens of CodeThe Queens of Code will be presenting four talks about NSA’s Computing Women from the 60s, 70s, and 80s as part of the Cyber Center for Education & Innovation (CCEI) series on the NEPRIS platform. These computing pioneers contributed to early…
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"70 Percent of Mobile, Desktop Apps Contain Open-Source Bugs"Researchers at Veracode analyzed 351,000 external libraries in 85,000 applications and found that open-source libraries are widespread. Many application developers use open-source libraries to help create their applications because it allows them…
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Pub Crawl #38Pub 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.
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"DOE Says Supercomputers Handling COVID-19 Data Are Hacker Targets"The Department of Energy (DOE) has observed a surge in cyberattacks against national laboratories and interest in U.S. coronavirus research from foreign nations. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are currently…
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"The Dark Web is Flooded With Offers to Purchase Corporate Network Access"Researchers from Positive Technologies have found an increase in interest in accessing corporate networks on the dark web. In Q1 2020, the number of postings advertising access to these networks increased by 69 percent compared to the previous…
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"60% of Insider Threats Involve Employees Planning to Leave"New research shows that more than 80% of employees with plans to leave an organization take data with them before they go. According to the 2020 Securonix Insider Threat Report based on the analysis of over 300 confirmed incidents, these employees…
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"Beware of Phishing Emails Urging For a LogMeIn Security Update"Researchers from Abnormal Security have discovered a new phishing campaign targeting LogMeIn users. The phishing email has been made to look like it is coming from LogMeIn and pertains to a security update. The company logo is featured…
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"RUSI to Investigate Impact of Cyber Insurance on Secure Behaviours"The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), an independent think tank engaged in defense and security studies, is partnering with the University of Kent (UoK) to conduct research on how cyber insurance impacts security behavior. The project, titled "…
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"Over Half of Security Leaders Still Rely on Spreadsheets"Panaseer conducted a survey to which more than 400 security leaders within large financial services companies responded. The results of the global survey reveal the many difficulties faced by security leaders in trying to understand their …