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Released: 30-Jul-2021 6:05 PM EDT
San Diego Supercomputer Center Plays a Role in NSF’s New ICICLE Institute
University of California San Diego

The AI Institute for Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure with Computational Learning in the Environment, or ICICLE, will focus on next-generation intelligent cyberinfrastructure that makes using AI as easy as plugging an appliance into an electrical outlet.

Released: 29-Jul-2021 8:30 AM EDT
FAU Invention for Maximum Privacy of Sharing Files Online Gets U.S. Patent
Florida Atlantic University

While services such as Snapchat allow self-destructing messages or notify users when a recipient takes a screenshot of a message, there is no way to prevent someone from photographing or showing it to others on the screen. A new invention controls how and when shared documents are displayed and restricts individuals from viewing documents based on individual identity (e.g., face ID, a voice sample), their social network, and when and where the document is being viewed.

Released: 21-Jul-2021 2:40 PM EDT
Cybercrime Bill to Rise During Pandemic
Flinders University

A new study of almost 12,000 Australians has found one-third of the adult population has experienced pure cybercrime during their lifetime, with 14% reporting this disruption to network systems in the past 12 months.

   
Released: 20-Jul-2021 3:20 PM EDT
DOE Announces $127 Million For Small Business Research And Development Grants
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced awards totaling $127 million to a diverse set of small businesses working on advanced scientific tools and clean, secure energy for the American people.

Released: 20-Jul-2021 1:55 PM EDT
CyberForce Program Now Offers Year-Round Cyber Defense Events
Argonne National Laboratory

The Department of Energy expands its CyberForce® program and offers more ways for students to test their cybersecurity skills.

Released: 14-Jul-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Call for Speakers for Cryptocurrency Conference
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is looking for subject matter experts in cryptocurrency, bitcoin, blockchain topics at the upcoming Harrisburg Cryptocurrency and Blockchain conference. The in-person day-long event is set for September 22, 2021, at Harrisburg University. The University seeks speakers for the keynote addresses and panel discussions who can passionately and effectively share their subject matter expertise and insights with the attendees. ​

Released: 7-Jul-2021 12:15 PM EDT
DHS Awards Nearly $1M to Small Business to Secure NG9-1-1 Multimedia Content
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS SBIR Program recently awarded $997,526.67 to San Antonio, Texas-based SecureLogix to secure responders data against increased cyber threats.

Released: 1-Jul-2021 1:25 PM EDT
Business professors study ideal responses to ransomware attacks
University of Texas, Arlington

A pair of College of Business professors and their doctoral student at The University of Texas at Arlington are exploring how ransomware attacks sometimes pit organizations against the law enforcement agencies trying to protect them.

   
Released: 30-Jun-2021 11:15 AM EDT
DHS S&T Transitions Resilient PNT Conformance Framework to IEEE for Standards Development
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T transitioned the Resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Conformance Framework to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers to further refine into international industry standards.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 3:50 PM EDT
Making Our Computers More Secure
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Columbia Engineering researchers who are leading experts in computer security recently presented two major papers on memory safety that make computer systems more secure at the International Symposium on Computer Architecture. This new research, which has zero to little effect on system performance, is already being used to create a processor for the Air Force Research Lab.

Released: 21-Jun-2021 10:20 AM EDT
Data Breaches: Most Victims Unaware When Shown Evidence of Multiple Compromised Accounts
University of Michigan

It's been nine years since the LinkedIn data breach, eight years since Adobe customers were victims of cyber attackers and four years since Equifax made headlines for the exposure of private information of millions of people.

Released: 14-Jun-2021 6:00 AM EDT
How Will We Protect American Infrastructure from Cyberattacks
Arizona State University (ASU)

While the Biden administration negotiates an infrastructure package, ASU experts offer insight about the protective role cybersecurity must play

   
Released: 2-Jun-2021 1:40 PM EDT
PNNL’s Shadow Figment Technology Foils Cyberattacks
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scientists have created a cybersecurity technology called Shadow Figment that is designed to lure hackers into an artificial world, then stop them from doing damage by feeding them illusory tidbits of success. The technology is aimed at protecting physical targets—infrastructure such as buildings, the electric grid, and water and sewage systems.

Released: 25-May-2021 5:05 AM EDT
Scientists recognise intruders in noise
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)

A team of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Tupolev Kazan National Research Technological University is developing a mathematical apparatus that could lead to a breakthrough in network security. The results of the work have been published in the journal Mathematics.

Released: 24-May-2021 5:15 PM EDT
Columbia Engineering Team Builds First Hacker-resistant Cloud Software System
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Columbia Engineering researchers have developed SeKVM, the first system that guarantees--through a mathematical proof--the security of virtual machines in the cloud. “This is the first time that a real-world multiprocessor software system has been shown to be mathematically correct and secure,” said Computer Science Professor Jason Nieh. “This means that users’ data are correctly managed by software running in the cloud and are safe from security bugs and hackers.”

Released: 20-May-2021 11:40 AM EDT
A "Horizon Strategy" Framework for Science and Technology Policy
MITRE

The current U.S. innovation model has in multiple respects fallen short in the face of today’s technology competition challenges. MITRE calls for a national-level effort between government, industry, and academia to address the most critical S&T priorities.

Released: 13-May-2021 3:05 PM EDT
Colonial Pipeline Hack Is Latest Example of Cybersecurity Threats to Physical Infrastructure
Arizona State University (ASU)

Ransomware and security: ASU Expert answers questions about securing the private side of the nation's infrastructure.

Released: 13-May-2021 12:25 PM EDT
Novel Tandon-designed microchip will allow data to be processed without being decrypted
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

A research team at the NYU Center for Cyber Security (CCS) at NYU Tandon are participating in a major initiative in collaboration with data security company Duality — supported by a $14 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — to design a revolutionary new microchip (codenamed “Trebuchet”).

Released: 11-May-2021 8:30 AM EDT
Deborah Frincke: The science of protecting communities
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Deborah Frincke, one of the nation’s preeminent computer scientists and cybersecurity experts, serves as associate laboratory director of ORNL’s National Security Science Directorate.

Released: 4-May-2021 8:30 AM EDT
Poor Grasp of Dating Violence in College Perpetuates ‘Boys Will be Boys’ Views
Florida Atlantic University

A study to understand the dating violence experience and perpetration of college-age women, as well as how they conceptualize violence in dating relationships, reveals normalization of unhealthy violent behaviors where sexual pressure or sexualized verbal harassment are viewed as an innate part of men, supporting the idea that “boys will be boys.” Study participants demonstrated a lack of knowledge of the forms of dating violence and its consequences. They accepted, rationalized and provided excuses for these acts of violence.

Released: 28-Apr-2021 10:20 AM EDT
UAH’s Dr. Liu earns NSF award for research to make wireless devices more efficient, secure
University of Alabama Huntsville

Research to harness commonplace errors in wireless devices to make them usable and provide for better security and efficiency has won a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.

Released: 27-Apr-2021 12:10 PM EDT
How to keep automated electric vehicles safe
University of Georgia

Having your social media account hacked is a pain. Having your credit card account hacked can be devastating. Having your new electric vehicle hacked could be disastrous.

Released: 12-Apr-2021 4:55 PM EDT
Cybersecurity in the Blue Economy
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

More than two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered by the oceans and seas. Over the next decade, these vast waters are expected to add $3 trillion to the global economy by generating electricity using marine renewable energy (MRE) devices. These “blue economy” technologies harness power across waves, tides, and currents that could reduce the carbon footprint from energy production and provide grid stability to remote coastal communities.

Released: 7-Apr-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Artificial Fog Does Not Appear To Increase Airborne COVID-19 Disease Transmission Risk In Entertainment Productions
SafeTraces, Inc.

New study, sponsored in part by IATSA Local 891, shows that artificial fog may even reduce levels of suspended respiratory aerosols

   
Released: 7-Apr-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Scientists Harness Chaos to Protect Devices From Hackers
Ohio State University

New tech packs computer chips with “uncountable” secrets

Released: 30-Mar-2021 4:05 PM EDT
News Release: DHS S&T and Israeli Partnership Seeks Ideas for Innovative Homeland Security Solutions
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

To help stimulate, promote, and support industrial research and development mutually beneficial to the United States and Israel, the Israel – U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Homeland Security (HLS) program is seeking proposals for collaborative projects to develop advanced homeland security technologies. The 2021 Call for Proposals is a joint initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Israel Ministry of Public Security (MOPS).

Released: 22-Mar-2021 1:35 PM EDT
U-M computer chip pitted against 500+ hackers. The chip won.
University of Michigan

An "unhackable" computer chip lived up to its name in its first bug bounty competition, foiling over 500 cybersecurity researchers who were offered tens of thousands of dollars to analyze it and three other secure processor technologies for vulnerabilities.

Released: 22-Mar-2021 8:40 AM EDT
University of Bristol’s cyber security experts launch new guidelines to help police crackdown on organised crime
University of Bristol

A new centre established by the University of Bristol to help protect citizens online has created a shared data science framework to help law enforcement investigate organised crime.

Released: 18-Mar-2021 5:35 PM EDT
Delphi study considers risk to individuals who disclose personal information online
City University London

A Delphi survey carried out by Dr Lyn Robinson, Head of Department and Reader in Library and Information Science at City, University of London, and Dr David Haynes, former Visiting Lecturer and Post-Doctoral Fellow in City's Department of Library and Information Science, has revealed priorities for protecting personal privacy online.

Released: 17-Mar-2021 7:30 PM EDT
New Mexico middle and high school students encouraged to apply for free, two-week Summer Physics Camp for Young Women
Los Alamos National Laboratory

New Mexico students are encouraged to apply for the free, two-week, virtual Summer Physics Camp for Young Women, taught primarily by women scientists and engineers at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Released: 8-Mar-2021 12:00 PM EST
DHS Announces Two R&D Projects to Enhance Mobile Network Traffic Security
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T and CISA are jointly announcing the final two research and development (R&D) awards for the newly launched Secure and Resilient Mobile Network Infrastructure (SRMNI) project.

Released: 8-Mar-2021 10:20 AM EST
MITRE Cybersecurity Expert Emily Frye Named to FCW 2021 Federal 100
MITRE

Emily Frye, director for cyber integration for homeland security and the civilian enterprise at MITRE, has been named to FCW’s 2021 Federal 100 for her leadership in identifying and addressing cyber needs and demands across multiple federal civilian agencies. She also serves as co-director of MITRE’s election integrity initiative and pioneered the nationwide Social See Something, Say Something (SQUINT™) program and reporting tool to track election misinformation.

Released: 5-Mar-2021 2:35 PM EST
NYU Tandon alum and mentor Dan Guido elected to Scholarship for Service Hall of Fame
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Dan Guido, an alumni of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, is the sixth inductee into the CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) Hall of Fame since inaugural class of honorees in 2018.

Released: 4-Mar-2021 8:25 AM EST
Study Reveals Extent of Privacy Vulnerabilities with Amazon’s Alexa
North Carolina State University

A recent study outlines a range of privacy concerns related to the programs users interact with when using Amazon’s voice-activated assistant, Alexa. Issues range from misleading privacy policies to the ability of third-parties to change the code of their programs after receiving Amazon approval.

   


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