USENIX Security '17 Media Coverage

Internet Defense Prize

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• Paper on Detecting Spearphishing Wins Internet Defense Prize (GlobeNewswire, Inc., 8.29.17)
• Facebook Awards $100K for Spear Phishing Security Research (eWeek, 8.18.17)
• Facebook Awards $100,000 Prize for Spear-Phishing Detection Method (Security Week, 8.18.17)
• Researchers Win $100,000 for New Spear-Phishing Detection Method (Bleeping Computer, 8.18.17)
• Facebook Doles Out $100K for Internet Defense Prize (DarkReading, 8.17.17)

Computer Security, Privacy, and DNA Sequencing: Compromising Computers with Synthesized DNA, Privacy Leaks, and More

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• DNA sequencing is vulnerable to this sneaky attack (Futurity, 8.14.17)
• Study finds evidence of poor computer security practices in DNA sequencing (Xinhua, 8.13.17)
• It's now possible to hack a computer using DNA (Digital Journal, 8.12.17)
• Researchers hack computers with DNA (Science Magazine, 8.11.17)
• University of Washington researchers find DNA transcription data can be hacked (domain-b.com, 8.11.17)
• Biohackers encoded malware in a strand of DNA (Wired, 8.10.17)
• DNA Sequencing Tools Lack Robust Protections Against Cybersecurity Risks (R&D Magazine, 8.10.17)
• DNA Testing Data Is Disturbingly Vulnerable to Hackers (Gizmodo, 8.10.17)
• Study: Researchers Hack DNA Sequencing Tools, Genetic Histories Revealed (International Business Times, 8.10.17)
• You can hijack a gene sequencer by hiding malware in a DNA sample (boingboing.net, 8.10.17)
• UW scientists demonstrate how evildoers could eventually hack into DNA data (GeekWire, 8.9.17)

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Feel No Evil, Print No Evil? Malicious Fill Patterns Detection in Additive Manufacturing

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• Three methods for combating 3-D printer cyberattacks (Health Care Business Daily News, 8.22.17)
• Three-Layer Technique Helps Secure Additive Manufacturing (R&D Magazine, 8.18.17)
• Print No Evil – Three-Layer Technique Helps Secure Additive Manufacturing (Newswise, 8.15.17)
• Defeating Cyberattacks on 3D Printers (Newswise, 8.14.17)

USB Snooping Made Easy: Crosstalk Leakage Attacks on USB Hubs

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• Date Leakage Due to USB Connections (Exclusive Herald, 9.18.17)
• Researchers reveal crosstalk USB security threat (Computerworld, 8.10.17)

Vale: Verifying High-Performance Cryptographic Assembly Code

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• Improving web security without sacrificing performance (Phys.org, 9.7.17)

When the Weakest Link is Strong: Secure Collaboration in the Case of the Panama Papers

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• Panama Papers A 'Notable Security Success' (ICIJ, 8.28.17)