Email users should have far more control over the transmission of their messages upon death, a new study suggests. Currently, Google and Microsoft, the main email providers, have contractual provisions in place…
The emergence of smart cars has opened the door to limitless possibilities for technology and innovation – but also to threats beyond the car itself. New research from Michigan State University (MSU)…
From smartphone games and personal email accounts to international banking and hospital records, software is everywhere. It entertains, boosts efficiency, and even saves lives. Unfortunately, for every new program developed, there is…
Organisations aren’t moving quickly enough on cyber security threats linked to the drive toward using personal mobile devices in the workplace, warns a QUT privacy researcher. Dr. Kenan Degirmenci from QUT’s Science…
Differences in cultural values have led some countries to tackle the spectre of cyber-attacks with increased internet regulation, whilst others have taken a ‘hands-off’ approach to online security – a new study…
To investigate the problem of click interception, a research team led by Professor Wei Meng of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $200,000 to SecureKey Technologies based in Toronto, Canada to adapt its identity network solution to support the issuance and validation of…
Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon are free to slow down, block or prioritize internet traffic as they wish, without interference by the federal government. That’s the effect of an October…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $181,392 to SICPA Product Security, LLC based in Springfield, VA to develop a solution for credential issuers to manage and verify…
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) security researchers Berk Sunar and Daniel Moghimi led an international team of researchers that discovered serious security vulnerabilities in computer chips made by Intel Corp. and STMicroelectronics. The flaws affect billions of…
