Security News

Who's hacking into UK unis? Spies, research-nickers... or rival gamers living in res hall?
2018-09-17 10:20

Report fingers students and staff for academic cyber-attacks Who's hacking into university systems? Here's a clue from the UK higher education tech crew at Jisc: the attacks drop dramatically...

CA Technologies partnering on research that will help drive Privacy by Design
2018-08-02 10:00

CA Technologies announced its participation in the “Privacy and Data Protection for Engineers” (PDP4E) European research project which aims to provide software engineers with tools and...

DARPA Wants Research into Resilient Anonymous Communications
2018-07-26 11:04

DARPA is funding research into resilient anonymous communications systems....

Vulnerability research and responsible disclosure: Advice from an industry veteran
2018-07-23 12:30

“Everything changes once you have to supervise and mentor and schedule and coordinate and keep in mind all the things others don’t. You often have to hold back your own wish to research a certain...

Guidance: Obtaining Patient Consent to Use PHI in Research
2018-06-15 19:18

New HIPAA Guidance Was Called for Under the 21st Century Cures ActAddressing an important privacy issue, federal regulators have issued guidance to clarify details about how patients should...

Analyst research: ROI of Pen Testing as a Service
2018-06-11 19:30

Dr. Chenxi Wang, industry thought leader and analyst, examined the Return on Investment that organizations may realize by using Cobalt’s Pen Testing as a Service (PTaaS) platform. This study took...

GRIMM Opens Security Research Lab for ICS, Connected Vehicles
2018-05-23 16:48

Cybersecurity research and engineering firm GRIMM has opened a new Grand Rapids, MI-based cybersecurity research lab. GRIMM provides security consulting, engineering and research services,...

'All of Us' Research Project: The Privacy Risks
2018-05-11 19:48

Although the National Institutes of Health is implementing strong privacy measures as it begins its effort to enroll 1 million volunteers to contribute data to its "All of Us" precision medicine...

The DMCA and its Chilling Effects on Research
2018-04-16 11:46

The Center for Democracy and Technology has a good summary of the current state of the DMCA's chilling effects on security research. To underline the nature of chilling effects on hacking and...

Interview: Sarah Jamie Lewis, Executive Director of the Open Privacy Research Society
2018-04-13 12:41

An interview with Sarah Jamie Lewis, Executive Director of the Open Privacy Research Society, a new privacy advocacy and research non-profit based in Vancouver, Canada.