SecurityScorecard the other day released its annual U.S. State and Federal Government Cybersecurity Report. The study paints a grim picture of the overall cyber health of the U.S. government entities. In the midst of investigations into a…
How can humans best cooperate in an increasingly complex world? The Center for Peace and Security Studies (cPASS) at the University of California San Diego is working to find out by studying new and…
Beyond carrying all of our phone, text and internet communications, cyberspace is an active battleground, with cybercriminals, government agents and even military personnel probing weaknesses in corporate, national and even personal online…
Not all hackers are created equal. A hacker may typically be thought of as someone who infiltrates computer systems illegally for harmful purposes, and while this is certainly true of some hackers,…
USB connections, the most common interface used globally to connect external devices to computers, are vulnerable to information “leakage,” making them even less secure than has been thought, Australian research has shown.…
Understanding a cybercriminal’s backstory – where they live, what they do and who they know, is key to cracking cybercrime, new research suggests. Online crime is of course online, but there is also…
In May, a person going by the nickname “MalwareTech” gained international fame – and near-universal praise – for figuring out how to slow, and ultimately effectively stop, the worldwide spread of the…
If you are awaiting exciting news from your friend, what is the better way to read your email? As it comes in, or after a batch collects? Well, if you read it…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded Northeastern University (NEU) $645,229 to develop a system that organizations and individuals can use to audit and control personally identifiable…
Yesterday, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released a finalized draft of its Cybersecurity Workforce Framework, which aims to provide organizations a common lexicon when describing the role, area of specialty, scope…
