Security

NSF investing $12M in quantum systems to secure networks

MIT, Columbia and University of Washington researchers among those involved

IT’S ALIVE! DARPA looks to build programmable, self-healing, living building materials

DARPA ELM program would develop materials that would combine the structural properties of traditional building ingredients with attributes of living systems

Black Hat and DEF CON: The song remains the same

Adware turns a tidy profit for those who sneak it into downloads

Perpetrators are deliberately evading protections, say researchers from Google and NYU

DARPA wants to build very low frequency wireless systems

DARPA looking to improve long-distance wireless applications

4 signs you’re a victim of ransomware

...and the 3 steps you need to take next

Hacked companies still prioritize innovation over cybersecurity

KPMG found that while 80 percent of organizations acknowledged being hacked, only half have invested in cybersecurity technologies in the past year. The research firm has a theory as to why.

Complexity is the enemy of security

A single security plane is the only way to reduce complexity and eliminate the seams.

Qualcomm-powered Android devices plagued by four rooting flaws

Qualcomm has released patches for the flaws, but Google included only three of them in its Android security updates so far

A gentler way to hack back

A father-son team argues that hacking back doesn’t have to lead to the cyber equivalent of World War III – if it’s done by professionals and doesn’t attempt to corrupt or destroy anyone’s networks