Simple hardware to defend against microgrid attacks
An inexpensive piece of hardware integrated with solar panel controllers can protect isolated power networks from cyberattacks.
Nov 25, 2022
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News tagged with malware attacks
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The vulnerability of transformers-based malware detectors to adversarial attacks
Cyber attackers are coming up with increasingly sophisticated techniques to steal users' sensitive information, encrypt documents to receive a ransom, or damage computer systems. As a result, computer scientists have been ...
Oct 18, 2022 feature
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Thwarting attacks from the charging socket: Team explores protecting mobile device touchscreens from 'ghost touch'
Touch screens on mobile devices can be attacked and manipulated via charging cables and power supply units. This is what researchers at the System Security Lab at TU Darmstadt have discovered together with a Chinese research ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Can your mobile phone get a virus? Yes, and you'll have to look carefully to see the signs
With nearly 84% of the world's population now owning a smartphone, and our dependence on them growing all the time, these devices have become an attractive avenue for scammers.
Apr 28, 2022
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A model that can help inexperienced users identify phishing emails
Phishing attacks are cyber-attacks through which criminals trick users into sending them money and sensitive information, or into installing malware on their computer, by sending them deceptive emails or messages. As these ...
Apr 19, 2022 feature
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How a personality trait puts you at risk for cybercrime
Impulse online shopping, downloading music and compulsive email use are all signs of a certain personality trait that make you a target for malware attacks. New research from Michigan State University examines the behaviors—both ...
Dec 17, 2018
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Inside the fight against malware attacks
When malicious software attacks, computer scientists and security researchers want to know how the attackers got into what was supposed to be a secure system, and what they're actually doing that's causing problems for users. ...
Aug 2, 2017
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Cybersecurity's weakest link is humans
There is a common thread that connects the hack into the sluicegate controllers of the Bowman Avenue dam in Rye, New York; the breach that compromised 20 million federal employee records at the Office of Personnel Management; ...
May 5, 2016
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