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cybersecurity

Quadrotor against blue sky
Enhancing drone safety
Published Aug 19, 2018
Three cybersecurity grad students work to prevent hacking attacks on drones
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DISINFORMATION
Hope in the era of election meddling
Published Spring 2018
Social media sites are ideal platforms for disinformation campaigns, but there's a growing trend to combat fake news: digital forensics / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Power lines
National security
Software could safeguard power grid
Published Aug 19, 2018
If part of an electrical grid is compromised in a cyber attack, new software developed at Hopkins is designed to keep power flowing
Cybersecurity
KRACK in the code
Published Aug 19, 2018
JHU experts discuss the newly discovered software flaw that affects nearly every Wi-Fi enabled device
Cybersecurity
Experts discuss range of cyber threats
Published Aug 19, 2018 Video
Equifax breach brings renewed attention to severe information security vulnerabilities
Four missiles launchers stand armed and ready to fire
Geopolitics
Global (in)security
Published Aug 19, 2018
Course on global security politics examines issues relating to weapons of mass destruction and oppression
Cybersecurity
WannaCry ransomware: What to know
Published Aug 19, 2018
JHU computer scientists Matt Green, Avi Rubin discuss the cyberattack holding computers hostage around the world
Creepy hands reach out through lines of code
Cybersecurity
The internet of bad things
Published Spring 2017
Your gadgets might be helping hackers conduct cyber attacks—and there's not much that can be done about it / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cybersecurity
Protecting vital computer networks
Published Aug 19, 2018
Johns Hopkins scientists lead effort to avert disruption during cyber attack
Data security
Hopkins team uncovers Apple encryption bug
Published Aug 19, 2018
Flaw would enable skilled hacker to decrypt photos, videos sent as secure iMessages / The Washington Post