The Under Armour Hack Was Even Worse Than It Had To Be, ISI’s Matthew Green, WIRED
April 2, 2018
WIRED reports on flaws in Under Armour’s password hashing function on MyFitnessPal. CS/JHUISI’s Matthew Green is quoted.
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Data breaches strike CareFirst and Under Armour, ISI’s Joseph Carrigan, The Baltimore Sun
April 2, 2018
The Baltimore Sun reports on data breaches at CareFirst and Under Armour. JHUISI’s Joseph Carrigan is quoted.
JHUISI Students Participate in 2018 Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge
March 20, 2018
Thirty-eight teams from 26 universities in 14 states competed in the sixth annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge. Sponsored by the Atlantic Council and MITRE Corporation, the competition is designed to offer students in diverse academic disciplines the opportunity to engage in a policy exercise in cyber conflict. Students are confronted with a cyber policy challenge and must respond with […]
Hopkins Mechanical Engineering students Partner with the Information Security Institute to Assess Security of Authentication System
March 19, 2018
Senior Mechanical Engineering (ME) students have developed an authentication and authorization system that will be used to grant or deny access to machinery in the Whiting School’s machine shop. In order to use a machine in the machine shop, a person must have been trained on that machine and have a budget to which machine […]
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U.S. Border Patrol Hasn’t Validated E-Passport Data for Years, ISI’s Matthew Green, WIRED
February 23, 2018
WIRED reports that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol hasn’t been verifying the digital signatures on e-Passports.
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Bitcoin’s creator may be worth $6 billion—but people still don’t know who it is, ISI’ Matthew Green, CNBC
October 27, 2017
CNBC reports on the mystery surrounding Satoshi Nakamoto—the pseudonym for the creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency. Matthew Green, assistant professor of computer science and member of the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute, is quoted.
KRACK in the code: Software flaw affects security of nearly every Wi-Fi enabled device
October 17, 2017
The bug affects the ubiquitous WPA2 protocol that protects users by encrypting information that passes over wireless Internet networks—including passwords or financial or personal information.
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All data that move across Wi-Fi networks could be susceptible to hacking, ISI’ Matthew Green and Avi Rubin, Los Angeles Times
October 17, 2017
Los Angeles Times reports on a recently uncovered flaw in a common Wi-Fi encryption standard that could leave home and corporate Wi-Fi networks exposed to hackers. Matthew Green, assistant professor of computer science, and Avi Rubin, professor of computer science, are quoted. Read more at Los Angeles Times.
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The ‘Secure’ Wi-Fi Standard Has a Huge Dangerous Flaw, ISI’ Matthew Green, Wired
October 17, 2017
Wired reports on a recently discovered flaw in WPA2’s cryptographic protocols. Matthew Green, assistant professor of computer science and member of the Johns Hopkins University Information security Institute, is quoted.
