The increasing importance of information security has forced researchers to start literally thinking outside the box. The importance of the isolating systems as a form of high security control has lead to tests of the permeability of an air gap. there has been research into techniques by which data from an isolated system can …
A piece by Jean Peccoud, Jenna E. Gallegos,Randall, Wallace G. Buchholz,and Sanjay Raman sounds an alarm for the biotechnology industry and researchers. The development of technology has blurred the gap between the digital and biological. Recent research has shown the potential for threats to cross over between these realms by coding malware into a DNA …
Digital Forensics is a challenging field due to the mixture of computer science and law knowledge required. Combining these in a teachable format is challenging. The use of a traditional lectures for the conceptual preparation required for for hands-on digital forensics labs and exercises can be less than desired. William Johnson, Irfan Ahmed, Vassil Roussev …
Heiko Mantel, Johannes Schickel, Alexandra Weber, Friedrich Weber from Technische Universität Darmstadin Germany look into potential security side effects of new energy management features in CPUs. Energy management is an issue of growing importance as the amount of resources required to process and store the massive amount of data the information society requires. Software based …
The utopian vision of cyberspace saw us move beyond all the limitations of the physical. Transcendent beings of light we would leave behind greed, hate and discrimination. Is this fictional future possible, or are we destined to bring our faults with us into cyberspace? Are our online services countering or contributing to discrimination online. Karent …
How are those with intellectual disabilities affected by cyberbullying? The research team of Cristina Jenaro, Noelia Flores, Vanessa Vegab Maribel Cruz, Ma. Carmen Pérez, and Víctor A. Torres from the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain, the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso in Chile, and the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí in Mexico provide …
A rowhammer attack exploits a vulnerability created by the physical characteristics of modern computer memory. Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM) is a high-speed memory circuit that stores information by creating an electrical charge in tiny capacitor; which is something like a battery. A charged capacitor represents a value (i.e.”1”) as opposed to an uncharged capacitor (“0”). …
People often make predictable passwords. They use common methods to create passwords such as common words, substituting characters or using patterns on the keyboard. Blase Ur from the University of Chicago and a team from Carnegie Mellon University developed and evaluated a password security meter that provides a more accurate rating of password strength and …
Governments around the world are being increasingly trapped between progress to a digital state and the insecurity of cyberspace. Estonia has been a vanguard for development of a digital society in many ways by transitioning many services to digital technologies and also by being subject to assault by cyber weapons. Nick Robinson and Prof Keith …
Criminals documenting themselves doing something illegal seems counterproductive. Creating a video that could prove their guilt seems bizarre. Even though it is illogical, it still happens. Sveinung Sandberg and Thomas Ugelvik looked into this phenomenon. They analyzed 51 Norwegian higher court decisions involving the use of a camera as an integrated part of an offence. …