While the security industry generally focuses on software cyber attacks, we can’t forget the security impact of lower level hardware flaws, such as those that affect semiconductors. The surface for…
Blue Hens capture the flag
Blue Hens capture the flag Article by College of Engineering communications staff Image courtesy Nektarios Georgios Tsoutsos April 15, 2021
Inaugural UD cybersecurity competition engages more than 2,000 participants
University of Delaware students studying cybersecurity organized UDâs first cybersecurity games from March 19-21, drawing more than 2,000 participants from more than 700 teams from across the globe.
This student-run event tested participantsâ skills in detecting and defending against a broad range of cyberattacks. In this Capture the Flag (CTF) event, the participants assumed the role of an attacker and tried to exploit vulnerabilities in the systems developed purposefully by the organizers: UDâs Center for Cybersecurity, Assurance and Privacy (CCAP), which is affiliated with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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Major browsers get an update to fix separate bugs that both allow for remote attacks, which could potentially allow hackers to takeover targeted devices.
Makers of the Chrome, Firefox and Edge browsers are urging users to patch critical vulnerabilities that if exploited allow hackers to hijack systems running the software.
The Mozilla Firefox vulnerability (CVE-2020-16044) is separate from a bug reported in Google’s browser engine Chromium, which is used in the Google Chrome browser and Microsoft’s latest version of its Edge browser.
Critical Firefox Use-After-Free Bug
On Thursday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged users of Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox browser to patch a bug, tracked as CVE-2020-16044, and rated as critical. The vulnerability is classified as a use-after-free bug and tied to the way Firefox handles browser cookies and if exploited allows hackers to gain access to the computer,