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HoTSoS 2023: Registration Open March 7th! The Hot Topics in the Science of Security (HoTSoS) Symposium is a research event centered on the Science of Security, which aims to address the fundamental problems of security in a principled manner. The tenth annual event will be virtually held April 3-5, 2023. Registration for...
The National Security Agency on March 1 released a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which calls for research project proposals. These research projects are for foundational cybersecurity research. Additional details on the requirements and interesting research questions can be found in the BAA document. The title of the...
The reports highlight the progress and accomplishments of the Science of Security and Privacy initiative.
Antwerp, Belgium, is working to restore digital services that were disrupted by a cyberattack on its digital provider. The outage has impacted services used by citizens, schools, daycare centers, and law enforcement, all of which have been operating intermittently. An investigation is ongoing, but the limited information...
Secret Service officials recently announced that hackers from a cybercriminal group linked to the Chinese government stole at least $20 million from the U.S. in COVID-19 relief benefits, the first known instance of foreign, state-sponsored actors tied to pandemic fraud. The officials noted that APT41 is a "Chinese state-...
CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Secure Development Conference (SecDev 2023) October 18 - 20, 2023 Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center Atlanta, GA Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy Call For Research Papers and Tutorials We solicit research and experience papers on a broad...
"On One-way Functions and Kolmogorov Complexity" wins the 9th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition. This paper was written by Yanyi Liu from Cornell University and Rafael Pass from Cornell Tech. An honorable mention award was given to "Retrofitting Fine Grain Isolation in the Firefox Renderer” written by...
Governor Larry Hogan recently announced that Maryland's executive agencies will be barred from using the popular social media platform TikTok and other "Chinese and Russian-influenced products and platforms" because of cybersecurity risks. The directive also prohibits the use of Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corp, Tencent...

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