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To Protect Your Privacy, Hand Over Your Data
A new proposal from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT's) Human Dynamics Laboratory suggests that digital identities would be more secure if they...
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Vulnerability Seen in Amazon's Cloud-Computing
A new study by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) suggests that leading cloud-computing...
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Researchers Help Ensure Security of Military Logistics
University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) professor Bhavani Thuraisingham, director of UTD's CyberSecurity Research Center, believes it is possible to establish data...
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Exploring New Frontiers
The Expeditions in Computing program provides scientists with the funding to work on ambitious, often multidisciplinary research.
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First Gordon Prize in Managing Cybersecurity Resources Awarded
The first $1,000 Gordon Prize in Managing Cybersecurity Resources goes for an essay written by researchers from Harvard and Dresden, Germany. Maryland's Robert...
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Tracking Devious Phishing Web Sites
Internet security experts have discovered that many phishers are using a trick called a flux, which allows a fake Web site to rapidly change its URL, making it...
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Field Experiment on a Metropolitan Quantum Cryptography Network
The University of Science and Technology of China recently demonstrated a metropolitan quantum cryptography network (QCN) for use by the government in Wuhu, China...
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Conference Focuses on Preventing High-Capacity Computer Data Theft
At the recent International Conference on Applied Modeling and Information Security Systems, high-performance computing researchers cautioned that worldwide computer...
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Northeastern Launches Online Master's Degree Program in Information Security
Northeastern University is launching an online graduate degree program in information assurance (IA). The program, which will train students to tackle identity...
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Eight-State Cyber Consortium Gets $2.7 Million Grant
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.7 million grant to an eight-state consortium of technology centers and community colleges that is working...
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.s. Must Focus on Protecting Critical Computer Networks From Cyber Attack
A study from the RAND Corp. suggests the United States should focus on defending critical civilian and military computer networks from cyberattack, but does not...
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Prototype Security Software Blocks Ddos Attacks
Auburn University researchers have developed a software filter that protects computers against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks without bogging down...
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Household Robots Do Not Protect sers' Security and Privacy
People are increasingly using household robots for chores, communication, entertainment and companionship. But safety and privacy risks of information-gathering...
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Terrorists Nearing Ability to Launch Big Cyberattacks Against .S.
U.S. computer networks are most threatened by terrorist organizations that may purchase software code from cybercrooks to hack into sensitive platforms, a possibility...
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Networked Media: More Than Fun and Games
Networked media means a lot to two different groups. To the billions of Web users worldwide, it is the stuff that makes the Web so great — the 3D games, the mobile...
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Cybersecurity On Exhibit: Defending The .s. Online
A panel of officials says the United States is far behind in addressing cyber-security threats. "Taking down the grid for months comes as close to a nuclear attack...
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Threat of next world war may be in cyberspace: N
"Cyber war!" flashes on the screen at an Internet security conference. The next world war could take place in cyberspace, the UN telecommunications agency chief...
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New Digital Security Program Doesn't Protect as Promised
The Vanish security system has been broken by a team of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, Princeton University, and the University of Michigan...
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Researchers to Create Semantic Web Platforms For Massive Scientific Collaboration
Web scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will use the World Wide Web to compile and share scientific data on an unprecedented scale. Their goal is to...
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