Protecting Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations From Cyberattacks
As the number of electric cars on the road grows, so does the need for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and the Internet-based managing systems…
Cybersecurity
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Is Not Susceptible to log4j Vulnerability
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter does not run Apache or log4j nor is it susceptible to the log4j vulnerability. NASA takes cybersecurity very seriously and, for this…
New Cyber Protections Against Stealthy “Logic Bombs” Targeting 3D Printed Drones, Prostheses and Medical Devices
Cyber attackers could target 3D printed objects in health care, aerospace, and other fields. Cybersecurity researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and the Georgia Institute…
Securing Data Transfers With Relativity: Information Cannot Travel Faster Than the Speed of Light
A team from UNIGE has implemented a new way to secure data transfers based on the physical principle of relativity. The volume of data transferred…
New Technology That Can Block Cyberattacks From Impacting the Nation’s Electric Power Grid
Researchers from Idaho National Laboratory and New Mexico-based Visgence Inc. have designed and demonstrated a technology that can block cyberattacks from impacting the nation’s electric…
Unlocking the Potential of Blockchain Technology: Decentralized, Secure, and Scalable
Algorand uses a unique architecture developed by MIT Professor Silvio Micali to offer a decentralized, secure, and scalable blockchain. The Republic of the Marshall Islands…
New Vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi Security Revealed
New research has identified various flaws in the security of Wi-Fi connections. Attackers could take advantages of these weaknesses to get access to private data….
National Cyber Defense Is a “Wicked” Problem: Why the Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack and the SolarWinds Hack Were All but Inevitable
Takeaways: There are no easy solutions to shoring up U.S. national cyber defenses. Software supply chains and private sector infrastructure companies are vulnerable to hackers….
An Uncrackable Combination: Invisible Ink and Artificial Intelligence
Coded messages in invisible ink sound like something only found in espionage books, but in real life, they can have important security purposes. Yet, they…
Cybersecurity Researchers Build a Better “Canary Trap” – Using AI to Generate Fake Documents
A new artificial intelligence system generates fake documents to fool adversaries. During World War II, British intelligence agents planted false documents on a corpse to…
Spectre Strikes Back: New Hacking Vulnerability Affecting Billions of Computers Worldwide
Computing experts thought they had developed adequate security patches after the major worldwide Spectre flaw of 2018, but UVA’s discovery shows processors are open to…
How Uncertainty in the Bitcoin Market Responds to Cyberattacks
A University of Vaasa researcher, Klaus Grobys, investigates how the uncertainty in the Bitcoin market reacts if Bitcoin is subject to hacking incidents – or…
Computer Scientists Create Fake Videos That Fool State-of-the-Art Deepfake Detectors
Systems designed to detect deepfakes — videos that manipulate real-life footage via artificial intelligence — can be deceived, computer scientists showed for the first time…
Deterrence With Imperfect Attribution: A Better Kind of Cybersecurity Strategy
New model shows why countries that retaliate too much against online attacks make things worse for themselves. During the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Winter…
New Cyberattack Can Trick Scientists Into Making Dangerous Toxins or Viruses
An end-to-end cyber-biological attack, in which unwitting biologists may be tricked into generating dangerous toxins in their labs, has been discovered by Ben-Gurion University of…
Popular Robotic Vacuum Cleaners Can Be Remotely Hacked to Act As Microphones
Researchers hacked a robotic vacuum cleaner to record speech and music remotely. A team of researchers demonstrated that popular robotic household vacuum cleaners can be…
Popular Messenger Services – Such As WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram – Are Extremely Insecure
WhatsApp, Signal & Co: Billions of users vulnerable to privacy attacks. Researchers from the Technical University of Darmstadt and the University of Würzburg show that…
A New Software Tool – Fawkes – Cloaks Your Images to Trick Facial Recognition Algorithms
A new tool to protect yourself against facial recognition software designed by University of Chicago researchers. The rapid rise of facial recognition systems has placed…