Intelligence reports about Russian-sponsored hacking to influence the 2016 presidential election have dominated headlines. Northeastern professors Alina Oprea and Cristina Nita-Rotaru, both cybersecurity experts, explain ...
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Jan 24, 2017
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As a new presidential administration takes over, it will need to pay significant attention to cybersecurity. Indeed, we've already been told to expect "a comprehensive plan" for cybersecurity in the first few months of the ...
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Jan 24, 2017
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"Defense! Defense!" may be the rallying cry from cybersecurity teams working to thwart cybersecurity attacks, but perhaps they should be shouting "Recover! Recover!" instead. Attackers are increasingly racking up points ...
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Dec 28, 2016
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The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) oversees approximately 800 waterfront facilities that, among other activities, transfer hazardous liquids between marine vessels and land-based pipelines, tanks or vehicles. These "maritime bulk ...
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Nov 11, 2016
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Small-business owners may think that they are too small to be victims of cyber hackers, but Pat Toth knows otherwise. Toth leads outreach efforts to small businesses on cybersecurity at the National Institute of Standards ...
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Nov 11, 2016
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The presidential campaign of 2016 thankfully – and we can only hope officially – ended this evening. As of when this article was posted, there are no reports of widespread cyberattacks or other digital interference against ...
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Nov 9, 2016
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The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a resource that will help U.S. employers more effectively identify, recruit, develop and maintain cybersecurity talent. The draft ...
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Nov 3, 2016
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The Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) and the University of Twente's CTIT Institute will collaborate over the next four years to establish an ISO standard for the validation of methods used in the interpretation of forensic ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 28, 2016
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The hackers who knocked a major French television station offline last year are still regularly trying break in to French government computers, a senior cybersecurity official said Wednesday.
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Oct 5, 2016
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The FBI is warning state officials to boost their election security in light of evidence that hackers breached related data systems in two states.
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Aug 29, 2016
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