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Inference of Memory Bounds: Preventing the Next Heartbleed
Leakage of sensitive information caused by out-of-bounds reads is a relatively new problem that most recently took the form of the Open SSL HeartBleed vulnerability.
Automated Reverse Engineering with Pharos
The Pharos framework includes utilities and tools to automate the challenging and time-consuming process of reverse engineering.
Automated Detection of Information Leaks in Mobile Devices
Can we more precisely detect malicious exfiltration of sensitive information from an Android phone?
Cybersecurity in the Defense Acquisition System
The SEI CERT Division's Mark Sherman discusses this new chapter in the DoD's key governing document for acquisition.
5 Best Practices to Prevent Insider Threat
About 50 percent of organizations experience at least one insider threat incident per year.
8 At-Risk Emerging Technologies
Machine learning and robotics are advancing more quickly than expected and may have as-yet-undiscovered risks.
NEWS
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CERT Releases New PGP Key
Article - 12/05/2017
CERT Division at a Glance
We were there for the first internet security incident and we’re still here more than 25 years later. Only now, we’ve expanded our expertise from incident response to a comprehensive, proactive approach to securing networked systems. The CERT Division is part of the Software Engineering Institute, which is based at Carnegie Mellon University. We are the world’s leading trusted authority dedicated to improving the security and resilience of computer systems and networks and are a national asset in the field of cybersecurity.
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RECENT VULNERABILITIES
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VU#113765: Apple MacOS High Sierra disabled account authentication bypass
Original Release date - 11/29/2017 -
VU#681983: Install Norton Security for Mac does not verify SSL certificates
Original Release date - 11/21/2017 -
VU#817544: Windows 8 and later fail to properly randomize every application if system-wide mandatory ASLR is enabled via EMET or Windows Defender Exploit Guard
Original Release date - 11/17/2017 - Report a Vulnerability
PUBLICATIONS
- Cyber Hygiene: A Baseline Set of Practices The CERT Division's Cybersecurity Hygiene is a set of 11 practice areas for managing the most common and pervasive cybersecurity risks faced by organizations. Presentation - 11/15/2017
- Technical Detection of Intended Violence against Self or Others Presentation on research to use insider threat tools to detect indicators of employees who are may be on a path to harm themselves and/or others within the workplace Presentation - 10/30/2017
- Rapid Expansion of Classification Models to Prioritize Static Analysis Alerts for C Presentation on research a method to automatically classify and prioritize alerts that minimizes manual effort to address the large volume of alerts Presentation - 10/30/2017
EVENTS
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FloCon 2018
FloCon provides a forum for exploring large-scale, next-generation data analytics in support of security operations. FloCon is geared toward operational analysts, tool developers, researchers, security professionals, and others interested in applying cutting-edge techniques to analyze and visualize large datasets for protection and defense of networked systems.Conferences - 01/08/2018
Blogs
Cyber Warfare, Technical Debt, Network Border Protection, and Insider Threat: The Latest Work from the SEI
11/27/2017 - Douglas C. SchmidtPodcasts
Positive Incentives for Reducing Insider Threat
Andrew Moore and Daniel Bauer highlight results from our recent research that suggests organizations need to take a more holistic approach to mitigating insider threat. Podcast - 11/30/2017
Mission-Practical Biometrics
Satya Venneti presents exploratory research undertaken by the SEI's Emerging Technology Center to design algorithms to extract heart rate from video capture of non-stationary subjects in real-time. Podcast - 11/16/2017
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