cybersecurity

The U.S. Department of Energy is moving to a “smart grid” model This new energy system will use digital technology to communicate and transfer energy in a more thoughtful way. The downside is that opening additional access points make the grid vulnerable to both accidental and malicious power failure. It’s possible for hackers to send false information to mislead grid operators, influencing the decisions they make about how to manage the network of electricity. One approach for securing the grid from potential cyberattacks uses game and control theory.

Parisa Tabriz’s job is to hack into Google Chrome to find security holes in...

A team of Google researchers warns that electromagnetic leakage from transistors on memory chips...

President Obama gave cybersecurity unprecedented attention in his State of the Union address this...

The recent cyber attacks on Sony and South Korean nuclear power plants have spurred...

  Concerns over the cybersecurity of medical devices have been raised on multiple accounts this...

Researchers at the University of Arizona's College of Engineering are developing software and methods...

Two dozen incidents are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Industrial...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final version of...

The Food and Drug Administration has announced guidelines for cybersecurity for medical device manufacturers....