Security News

Hawkeye enters into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the DOD
2019-11-08 01:15

Hawkeye, a next-generation imaging technology company, recently announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Department of Defense (DOD)....

Research finds 2019 increase in breaches and cybersecurity spending
2019-10-29 16:59

The ServiceNow and Ponemon study found an average 24% increase in cybersecurity spending and a 17% rise in attacks.

Trend Micro announces Pwn2Own Miami, a new vulnerability research competition
2019-10-29 01:30

Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, announced a new vulnerability research competition, Pwn2Own Miami, run by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). The first of its kind...

Mapping Security and Privacy Research across the Decades
2019-10-24 11:21

This is really interesting: "A Data-Driven Reflection on 36 Years of Security and Privacy Research," by Aniqua Baset and Tamara Denning: Abstract: Meta-research---research about research---allows...

University center to research ways to protect electronic systems from sabotage
2019-10-22 13:23

Led by the University of Cincinnati, the new center will work with government and industry to conduct research on how to defend electronics and embedded systems from sabotage, hacking, and spying.

How does £36m sound, mon CHERI? UK.gov pumps cash into Arm security research
2019-10-18 11:23

That's 'Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions' University of Cambridge researchers have been tossed £36m from the UK government to support their work with Arm to strengthen security by...

New Research into Russian Malware
2019-10-02 13:00

There's some interesting new research about Russian APT malware: The Russian government has fostered competition among the three agencies, which operate independently from one another, and compete...

Friday Squid Blogging: Did Super-Intelligent Giant Squid Steal an Underwater Research Station?
2019-09-27 21:23

There's no proof they did, but there's no proof they didn't. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting...

Latest research says organizations need to integrate security principles with DevOps
2019-09-25 16:19

The 2019 State of DevOps report found that teams at higher levels of DevOps evolution involved their security experts from the beginning.

Vulns out of the box: 12 in 13 small biz network devices terribly insecure by default – research
2019-09-17 17:45

You want root shell access? No problem A new report has suggested that 12 out of 13 network devices, such as routers and network-attached storage appliances, are vulnerable to hacks that enable...