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Attacks on vulnerable computer networks and cyber-infrastructure — often called zero-day attacks — can quickly overwhelm traditional defenses, resulting in billions of dollars of damage and requiring weeks of manual patching work to shore up the systems after the intrusion. Now, a Penn State-led team of researchers used a machine learning approach, based on a technique known as reinforcement learning, to create an adaptive cyber defense against these attacks.

Announcement

UAH professors get $500,000 NSF grant to better protect privacy of solid-state drive data

August 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Hackers, National Science Foundaiton, NSF, Open Source Software, Research Grant, UAH, University of Alabama in Huntsville

The National Science Foundation has awarded a pair of professors at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, a nearly $500,000, three-year grant to develop a better way to wipe data from the solid-state drives (SSDs).

Research Results

Tandon team shines light on roiling market for stolen debit and credit cards

August 3, 2020 sarah Jonas Cyber Security, Hackers, identity fraud, Identity Theft

Damon McCoy and colleagues at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering analyzed multi-year data extracted from BriansClub, an underground bazaar for buying stolen and leaked credit card information. Among findings were that chip-enabled cards are no guarantee of security if owners still swipe the stripe: 85% of the stolen magnetic stripe data originated from EMV chip-enabled cards.

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University of Texas at Dallas Computer Scientists’ New Tool Fools Hackers into Sharing Keys for Better Cybersecurity

February 27, 2020 sarah Jonas cyber attack, cyberdefense, Cybersecurity, Hackers

Instead of blocking hackers, a new cybersecurity defense approach developed by University of Texas at Dallas computer scientists actually welcomes them.

The method, called DEEP-Dig (DEcEPtion DIGging), ushers intruders into a decoy site so the computer can learn from hackers’ tactics. The information is then used to train the computer to recognize and stop future attacks.

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Thwarting hacks by thinking like the humans behind them

February 5, 2020 sarah Jonas Cyber, Cyber Security, data, Data breach, Hacker, Hackers

Research from Michigan State University reveals the importance of factoring in a hacker’s motive for predicting, identifying and preventing cyberattacks.

Research Results

Decoding how kids get into hacking

September 19, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments BEHAVIOR, cyber abuse, Digital literacy, Education, Hackers, Hacking, K-12, kids, Parenting, Video Game

New research from Michigan State University is the first to identify characteristics and gender-specific behaviors in kids that could lead kids to become juvenile hackers.