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Arrest or no arrest, Mizzou needs to throw the book at DGB
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Throw the book at him.
And by "book," we don't mean Goodnight, Moon.
We're thinking more along the lines of Atlas Shrugged.
Second edition. Hard cover. Delivered by Yordano Ventura.
Make it hurt. Make it stick.
You don't punish an innocent man. Ever. Unless, of course, the innocent man has a history of turning up in the police blotter and dragging your football program through his own personal patch of mud.
Throw the book at him.
Anyone can be a victim of circumstance. But when the circumstances recur, again and again, the victim card gets chucked from the deck.
Dorial Green-Beckham needs incentive.
Give him one.
One-game suspension? Been there, served that.
Two games? Missouri's all-world receiver would miss a road trip to Toledo. That's a punishment?
Three. Start there. Minimum. Charge or no charge.
Central Florida's Knights, your defending Fiesta Bowl champs, roll into CoMo on Sept. 13. The Tigers probably need all hands on deck. Leave DGB off the boat.
Make it hurt. Make it stick.
Throw the book at him.
We hear you. Why punish an entire team, potentially capsize a season, because its star player has a habit of acting like a knucklehead?
Why? It's called peer pressure. One guy in the wind-sprint line jumps, everybody runs doubles.
Same principle.
Funny how the jumping stops after that.
We don't know if DGB is a bad kid or just runs in a bad circle. Here's what we do know: Green-Beckham has a judgment problem, a tendency to double down on dumb, a predilection of being at an unfortunate place at an unfortunate time.
Which in itself is not a crime, per se, but it does have a history of attracting the wrong kind of crowd. Namely, college-town law enforcement.
Green-Beckham was suspended for one game after being arrested in October 2012 on marijuana possession charges. Then, in January 2014, there was another marijuana-related arrest, this time in his hometown of Springfield, Mo.
We know this, too: Police in Columbia, Mo., are investigating a first-degree burglary at Brookside Townhomes between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. Sunday. We know residents of those aforementioned townhomes have told reporters that DGB, the sophomore who led Mizzou this past fall in receptions (59) and receiving touchdowns (12), was involved in an incident at the complex at roughly that same time.
We know DGB was suspended indefinitely Monday from the football program for an unspecified "violation of team policies." As a general rule, that's student-privacy code-speak for any number of things, ranging from the unfortunate to the unseemly.
But the more dots that emerge with this particular narrative, the more unseemly it turns.
The Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader reported that the suspension, according to his adoptive father, (Springfield) Hillcrest High School football coach John Beckham, is "not tied to Green-Beckham's latest arrest" on Jan. 10, when an officer reportedly found a pound of marijuana in a car the Mizzou wideout was riding in.
According to the Columbia (Mo.) Missourian, DGB was involved in an incident Sunday at Brookside between 2 and 3 a.m., and a woman was seen pounding the window of a car in which the Mizzou wideout was sitting as it left the scene.
A Columbia (Mo.) Maneater report said DGB was involved in "a physical altercation early Sunday morning." The story continues:
"Another Brookside resident, who declined to be named, told The Maneater that Green-Beckham was involved in a fight at her apartment this weekend but chose not to comment further.
"After the altercation, (townhomes resident Mike) Henke said he ran back into his house to call the police. Outside, (Henke's roommate Chris) Connor said the neighbor who asked him to call 911 told someone else that Green-Beckham was beating up a girl.
"Connor said a girl then started banging on a white Dodge Charger and screaming while a man yelled at her from the car as it was driving away. Connor said five to 10 people were outside watching the incident."
Now the details therein are unconfirmed hearsay at this point, he said/she said, and as anyone who's ever played the game "Telephone" knows, that can be a slippery slope.
But there's some plain ol' dumb in there, somewhere. That's a certainty. The only question is to what degree.
Throw the book at him.
Make it hurt. Make it stick.
It's a shame and a waste, not necessarily in that order. Green-Beckham is one of the best wide receivers in the SEC, if not the country, a 6-foot-6 Megatron clone with the wingspan of a Harrier jet and a pair of pogo sticks for legs. His four scores at Kentucky last November set a single-game Mizzou record.
To defenders, he's the ultimate red-zone nightmare, because there isn't a jump ball between the pylons that should not, by the laws of physics, be his and his alone. Fade. Corner. Slant. Whatever. The only limits are a coach's imagination and simple geography.
He's not the first million-dollar arm and five-cent head, as Crash Davis used to say. Nor will he be the last.
But even if the current investigation in Columbia doesn't turn up anything worse, or anything at all, it doesn't erase the headlines. Or the scrutiny. Or the questions.
When you sign up for the glory, you sign up for the fishbowl, too.
Make it hurt. Make it stick.
Green-Beckham might have been the No. 1 prep football recruit in the country. He might be able to soar with eagles. Health and fortune permitting, he will soon be a millionaire. There have been, and will be, doors open to him that might never be opened for anyone else, opportunities and choices beyond our wildest dreams.
The young man might run in different circles, live in a different world. But he can't live under a different set of ethics, a different rule of law.
Dumb is human. Dumb is allowed. Dumb is forgivable.
Habitual dumb is not.
Throw the book at him.
It's DGB. He'll catch on. Eventually.
You can follow Sean Keeler on Twitter at @seankeeler or email him at email@example.com.


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Invention Reduces Slave Database Replay Latency, While Maintaining Data Integrity
San Francisco, CA – Jul 12, 2016 – Clustrix, provider of the first scale-out database designed for the elastic scaling requirements of high-transaction, high-value workloads of today's Web applications, announced that the company has been issued patent number 9348883. The patent, filed on June 1, 2011 and published online on May 24, 2016, addresses needs for:
- Improved systems and methods of slave database replay in a relational database system
- Reducing the latency of slave database replay, while maintaining the integrity of the data stored in the slave database
"As companies continue to deal with greater volumes of data at faster speeds, the need for RDBMS technologies that offer increased performance along with concurrency and parallelism over replication will only keep growing," said Mike Azevedo, CEO, Clustrix. "Because web applications have become critical to running today's businesses, companies outgrowing the capabilities of their current databases will need to look for alternative higher-performing solutions. This recent patent award affirms our dedication to delivering that performance and concurrency, along with the flexibility that comes will a true scale-out relational database that's built for the cloud."
The summary information for the patent describes several innovative aspects of the invention, and includes the following abstract:
Systems and methods for replication replay in a relational database are disclosed. In one embodiment, a relational database includes a master database and a slave database, and events performed on the master database are stored in a log. A portion of the log is provided to a slave replay system associated with the slave database, and the slave replay system identifies a first table row associated with a first event of the portion of the log and a second table row associated with a second event in the portion of the log. The slave replay system replays the first and second events on the slave database in parallel if the first and second rows are different rows with unique sets of values, and otherwise replays the first and second events serially.
The recent issuance is one of several patents awarded to the company, the inventions of which form components of Clustrix's unique relational database technology, combining scale-out capabilities, ACID compliance, high availability, and the ability to be deployed in any cloud or data center.

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Holiday Inn Resort Phuket Mai Khao Beach, Mai Khao
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Holiday Inn Resort Phuket Mai Khao Beach, Mai Khaofrom $52
- Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking
- Executive Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Pool Access
- Deluxe Room
- Suite, 1 King Bed
- Junior Suite, 1 King Bed, Pool Access
- Premier Suite, 1 King Bed
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What's around Holiday Inn Resort Phuket Mai Khao Beach, Mai Khao
- In a national park
- Mai Khao Beach - 1 min walk
- Splash Jungle Water Park - 2.9 mi / 4.6 km
- Hat Nai Yang - 2.6 mi / 4.3 km
- Turtle Village - 3 mi / 4.9 km
- Nai Yang Beach - 8.8 mi / 14.2 km
- Sirinat National Park - 9.2 mi / 14.7 km
- Sarasin Bridge - 6 mi / 9.7 km
Getting around
- Phuket (HKT-Phuket Intl.) - 15 min drive
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 246 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 4 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check-in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Up to 2 children (12 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Free children's club
- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Area shuttle within 45 km *
- Shopping center shuttle *
Payment types at the property
In the hotel
- Children's club (free)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 2 restaurants
- Coffee shop/café
- Snack bar/deli
- Swim-up bar
- Poolside bar
- 24-hour room service
- Beach sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Playground on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Golfing nearby
- Swim-up bar
- Pool sun loungers
- Pool umbrellas
- Billiards or pool table
- Business center
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- Conference center
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of buildings/towers - 8
- Year Built - 2011
- Elevator
- ATM/banking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Designated smoking areas
- Garden
- Library
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
- Wheelchair accessible
- English
- Russian
- Thai
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board
- Down comforter
- Individually decorated
- Balcony
- Private bathroom
- Rainfall showerhead
- Shower only
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 32-inch TV
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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Special features
Tea Tree Spa has 5 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include Thai massages, facials, body scrubs, and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a spa tub. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
DiningJ's Cafe & Restaurant - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Pesto Restaurant - This beachfront restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
Pool Bar - This bar is located by the pool. Happy hour is offered.
Resort Centre Deli - Overlooking the garden, this café serves brunch only. Happy hour is offered.
Holiday Inn Resort Phuket Mai Khao Beach, Mai Khao's small print
Also known as
- Holiday Inn Phuket Mai Khao Beach
- Holiday Inn Resort Phuket Mai Khao Beach Resort
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed.
Parking height restrictions apply.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
Deposit: THB 1000 per night
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for THB 1177.0 per night
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of THB 595 per person (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Area shuttle and shopping center shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
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Recent reviews
Fabulous 8.8 From 168 reviews
Excellent for family trip! We booked the room with kids room (bunk bed) and my kid loved it very much! Excellent location if you are planning to go to Splash Jungle and the Turtle Village. Staff are very friendly.
VERY HARD beds. Way too much chlorine in pool access room's pool. Burned eyes. Trash all over beach they don't clean. Very noisy layout from bus loads of tourists going past room doors on walkway to lobby. Mediocre breakfast. Expensive mediocre room service.
Great place, excellent staff- thanks Kee for morning yoga
Great place to stay with kids, near the airport. We loved it!
The staff was beyond kind and helpful. The entire property was gorgeous. This isn't your typical Holiday Inn that you would find as in the U.S. The downfall was so many rude Russian tourist who would hog up the pool chairs and would shove there way through the breakfast buffet.
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What Artificial Intelligence Means for the Job Market
What Artificial Intelligence Means for the Job Market
AI may take jobs from other professionals, but how else does it impact the job market?
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The future is here. Even just a generation ago, the concept of a handheld device able to talk back to you was a fantasy, but it's now something that even toddlers are used to. Besides all the fanfare, there are some very real-world changes AIs are making, especially in the job market. While they offer us new opportunities for innovation, they take away some of our most grounded and trusted security nets.Is artificial intelligence a step in the right direction, or the beginning of a dystopia? Here are the pros and cons of AI's influence on the job market:
1. New Jobs
While AIs take away some jobs, as we've all heard, they also create them in the process. With the creation of the self-driving car, the need for taxi drivers will decrease; however, the need for those who can design such cars, gather data on their effectiveness, and create interactive systems to customize the user's experience are suddenly in demand. While the skill set for these positions are higher and more difficult, it's motivating many to seek further education, which inherently employs teachers to instruct, engineers to build universities, and a host of other professions meant to cater to this need, from skilled programmers to new converged infrastructure vendors. For every advantage an AI offers, dozens of jobs open up to create, maintain, and enjoy this advantage.
2. Access to Faster Results
No matter where you look, be it asking your smartphone to transcribe a dictated text in an instant or cloud computing allowing businesses to move online, artificial intelligence is making everything we do faster and easier. With this added advantage, the existing jobs which take advantage of AIs are able to produce faster results. These faster results allow us to springboard farther ahead than we could in the past, increasing both innovation and competition on the job market, resulting in money and goods for all.
3. Access to Unforeseen Information
Humanity has always made its greatest leaps by building on the shoulders of our past inventions. Our old discoveries create a path to new ones, and this is seen clearly with the invention of desktop computers giving birth to laptops giving birth to tablets and smartphones. Now we have smart jackets, smart trash cans, and more. In the same way, discoveries made with the creation of Siri and Cortana have allowed the layman and the scientist to make greater leaps to new information, sparking innovation. This will give birth to jobs we haven't even discovered yet, and improve the ones which already exist.
1. The Elimination of Labor
The involvement of AIs in the job market has already seen that labor jobs are becoming almost insignificant. Be it miners or even taxi drivers, AIs are quickly pushing the human involvement out of our everyday lives. Automated machines able to construct cars faster and more efficiently than a person eliminate the worker. This of course will create a huge imbalance in the job market, where the professionals of these fields find themselves quickly with nothing to do.
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Not everyone is suited to become a data analyst or an engineer. While there will be many who make the shift, there will still be several who are unfit for the task and will find themselves without work because the jobs they're geared towards simply don't exist anymore.
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With more skilled labor out of work, quickly the economy will tip in the favor of those who can adapt, leaving the rest out in the cold. The person with the opportunity and the intellect to become a software designer will experience success, and those who lack both opportunity or the style of intellect for such a job will be struggling to make ends meet, quite possibly throwing the economy into limbo.Despite either argument, each can agree on one thing: AIs will change the job market. While there will be disadvantages, just as there were during the Industrial Revolution, the advantages will transform the job market and set us on a different, better course. There were disadvantages to the Industrial Revolution, but no one can deny that it was the best thing to happen for the future, and the same will be said about this revolution as well.
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Anyone who's vacationed in the mountains or lived on a farm knows that it's hard to get good internet access or a strong cell phone signal in a remote area. Communicating across great distances has always been a challenge. So when NASA engineers designed the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), they knew it would need an extraordinary communications system
Over the next year, the LRO, NASA's diligent robotic scout, will collect more information about the moon's surface and environment than any previous mission. It takes a powerful system to send all of this information more than 238,800 miles back to Earth.....
Simons, Peterson and other members of the Glenn team were on standby when LRO entered its final orbit and began transmitting data. They were thrilled to hear that it's working properly, not only because LRO is a vital step toward returning humans to the moon, but also because they believe the new amplifier can improve life on Earth in countless ways.
If used on communication satellites, it could allow for much better tracking, monitoring and control of transoceanic flights and ships traveling beyond the reach of radar.
It also could enable real-time data transfer from future Earth-orbiting satellites. Such satellites are used to track migratory animals, endangered species, icebergs, volcanic eruptions and forest fires, and to aid in search and rescue operations. They're used to study climate change and meteorology as well.
According to Simons, by collecting more timely data about the interaction of our atmosphere, ocean and land, we could save lives and property during severe weather.
"This technology has the potential to create a better world," he said.


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The Postdoc is expected to conduct independent philosophical research. In addition to research, part of the job consists in contributing to the research environment by actively participating in the philosophical research seminar and other research activities. Certain administrative tasks related to research activities might occur.
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A person who has been awarded a doctorate or a foreign qualification deemed to be the equivalent of a doctorate shall be qualified for employment as a Postdoctoral Researcher. For this position a doctoral degree in Philosophy, or the equivalent, is required. A precondition is that the applicant has not previously been employed as a Postdoc at Umeå University for more than a year within the same or equivalent discipline. Priority should be given to those candidates who have completed their doctoral degree no more than three years before the closing date of the application. A candidate who has completed their degree prior to this time period may be taken into consideration if special circumstances exist. Special circumstances include absence due to illness, parental leave or clinical practice, appointments of trust in trade union organizations or similar circumstances.
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I come from a family of fighters. I always thought I'd follow in their shadows, becoming unstoppable in the ring. That changed the day I saved the life of a woman I loved, but could never have.
My brother hailed me as a hero, and my reward was a wheelchair.
Paralyzed, my life became an inescapable nightmare.
Until I met her.
Ash Mabie had a heart-stopping smile and a laugh that numbed the rage and resentment brewing inside of me. She showed me that even the darkest night still had stars, and it didn't matter one bit that you had to lie in the weeds to see them.
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Every object I create is driven by a love of subtle and sensual forms and a passion for design and making. I enjoy the tactility of clay both during the making process and after firing and am excited by the possibilities and restraints which clay offers.
My first degree was at The University of Brighton on the 3D Crafts course, specialising in ceramics and metalwork, so I have a breadth of experience in working with a range of different materials and a sensibility for design through making. At Brighton I loved exploring the limits of materials, learning what they would and wouldn't do.
I went on to study for a Masters in Ceramics Design at Central Saint Martins, where my research took me to factories in Stoke-on-Trent and Germany. It was during this time that the importance of use became very clear in my work and my interest in functional design and the detailing of industrial products had a huge impact on the way I approach my work now.
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I love a design brief and a 'ceramic challenge' and have worked with some of the most respected shops and restaurants around the world.
Clients include The Conran Shop, Liberty, Hakkasan, Yauatcha and Ling Ling restaurants, Sketch, The Store x Soho House Berlin, The Design Museum shop, Maud and Mabel, The Harley Gallery and Sally Bourne Interiors.


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Google Goggles
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In 2009, in the District Court for the Western District of Texas, a jury found MoneyGram had infringed upon four patents owned by Western Union.[1] However, upon appeal by MoneyGram, the Federal Circuit recently reversed that decision and found the four patents were invalid for obviousness in view of prior art presented during the jury trial.[2] The patents, in general, pertained to a system of monetary transfers that do not require the completion of forms.[3] These "formless" transfers were based upon a system developed by a company named Orlandi Valuta in 1997.[4]Subsequently, Orlandi Valuta was acquired by Western Union which, upon determining that the Orlandi Valuta formless transfer system would not work on a larger scale, further developed the system into the four patents at issue in this case.[5] MoneyGram, a direct competitor of Western Union, had been utilizing a system similar to the patents in question. Indeed, the system was so similar that MoneyGram had deemed it necessary to develop a work-around in order to avoid an infringement suit with Western Union.[6]
The Western Union patents essentially describe a system wherein a customer telephones a service representative at a financial institution.[7] The representative obtains the information necessary to transfer the money and stores that information on a host computer.[8] The customer is then able to go to a retail location where the previously entered information can be brought up by an agent using an electronic transaction fulfillment device ("ETFD").[9] Finally, the customer gives the agent the required amount of money. While the scopes of the patents are "substantially identical," a later patent adds the use of Internet communication to the system.[10]
While MoneyGram asserted that the patents "simply take a known prior art system and add obvious elements,"[11] Western Union claims that its patents teach three critical elements not found in the prior art: "(1) the 'code' that is established for use by the sender during the send transaction; (2) an ETFD; and (3) the use of the Internet."[12] For its obviousness analysis, the Court turned to the John Deere factors, i.e. the "underlying factual inquiries include (1) the scope and content of the prior art; (2) the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue; (3) the level of ordinary skill in the art; and (4) any relevant secondary considerations, such as commercial success, long felt by unsolved needs, and the failure of others."[13]
Evaluating each of Western Union's three claimed elements to determine whether they were within the scope and content of the prior art, the Court concluded that all three could be found within the prior art introduced during the jury trial.[14] Aiding in this conclusion, the Court quoted KSR[15] stating, "[t]he combination of familiar elements according to known methods is likely to be obvious when it does no more than yield predictable results."[16] For example, the use of a modern personal computer to replace a fax machine to perform the same function would most likely be obvious.[17] On these grounds, the Federal Circuit reversed the lower court's judgment and found the four patents to be invalid as obvious in light of the prior art.[18]
Among other things, this case illustrates a worst-case scenario. Western Union not only lost their infringement suit against MoneyGram, but they also had all four of their patents declared invalid. Patentees should carefully evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their case before deciding to litigate, and should only undertake litigation with the clear understanding that invalidation of their patent is a potential outcome.


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GitHub Releases New Tools to Report Vulnerabilities
A team of researchers including Prof. Atul Prakash found that many open-source projects lack a clear way to report security problems prompting Github to release a new set of tools for reporting vulnerabilities. [Full Story]
Researchers use Rowhammer bit flips to steal 2048-bit crypto key
Researchers including Prof. Daniel Genkin have unveiled a new attack that lets unprivileged attackers corrupt or change data stored in vulnerable memory chips. This attack, called RAMBleed, can allow third parties access cryptographic keys or other secrets stored in vulnerable DRAM modules. [Full Story]
Three CSE papers chosen as IEEE Micro Top Picks
Three papers authored by CSE researchers have been selected for IEEE Micro's Top Picks from the 2018 Computer Architecture Conferences. Top Picks is an annual special edition of IEEE Micro magazine that acknowledges the 10-12 most significant research papers from computer architecture conferences in the past year based on novelty and potential for long-term impact.
Research responsible for establishing field of medical device security recognized by IEEE
In 2008, Prof. Kevin Fu and collaborators made a landmark discovery the medical devices implanted in patients had major security flaws. The paper detailing their findings has now been recognized from a pool of submissions spanning 40 years with the inaugural IEEE Security and Privacy Test of Time Award, and its impact can be felt in every corner of the medical devices industry. [Full Story]
Upstarts Duo Security
Duo Security, a company founded by two CSE alumni and headquartered in Ann Arbor, recently sold for $2.35 billion. (Yes, billion.) What did they do right? [Full Story]
New chip stops hacks before they start
A new computer processor architecture developed at the University of Michigan could usher in a future where computers proactively defend against threats, rendering the current electronic security model of bugs and patches obsolete. [Full Story]
Prof. J. Alex Halderman named a 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Computer science and engineering professor and noted election security expert J. Alex Halderman has been named a 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for his work in strengthening election cybersecurity with evidence-based elections. [Full Story]
Michigan's new Election Security Commission holds inaugural meeting on U-M Campus
The newly-formed Michigan Election Security Commission, established by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on March 20, 2019, held its first meeting on Tuesday, April 16, on the University of Michigan North Campus. The commission is co-chaired by Prof. J. Alex Halderman, whose work in election security and in exposing the vulnerabilities of electronic voting machines has positioned him as a preeminent expert in the field. [Full Story]
Halderman co-chairs new commission to protect Michigan votes
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced a new Election Security Commission to recommend reforms and strategies for ensuring the security of elections in Michigan, to be co-chaired by Prof. J. Alex Halderman. Haldermans work in voting security and in particular electronic voting machines has positioned him as a preeminent expert in the field. [Full Story]
New secure architecture confounds hackers with randomization
Prof. Todd Austin is leading development of a new hardware architecture designed to guard against hackers. The two lead PhD students on the project, Mark Gallagher and Lauren Biernacki, produced a promotional video detailing the strengths of Morpheus' randomization approach. [Full Story]
State election officials opt for 2020 voting machines vulnerable to hacking
Politico describes how some states are purchasing new voting machines to improve security -- but the ones they're choosing, called called ballot-marking devices, are relatively untested, says Prof. J. Alex Halderman, who is quoted in the article. [Full Story]
As 2020 nears, pressure grows to replace voting machines
Time and money are running short for states to replace aging or inadequate voting machines before the 2020 presidential primaries. This article summarizes the challenges in updating voting technology before the 2020 elections, and quotes Prof. J. Alex Halderman's recent congressional testimony: With the 2020 election on the horizon, the next major target for foreign cyberattacks, we need to act before its too late. [Full Story]
A Question For 2020: Are Our Voting Systems Secure?
In this podcast, Diane Rehm interviews Prof. J. Alex Halderman about the security profile of the US voting system and asks the question: As we approach 2020, have states made the necessary changes to protect how we vote? [Full Story]
Your Hard Drive May Be Listening
Researchers led by Prof. Kevin Fu demonstrated that a hard drive can be used as a microphone, allowing attackers to listen in to conversations. The team proposes defenses against every attack they develop, but Fu is still concerned about the implications this has for sensitive sensor-driven systems. [Full Story]
What the U.S. Can Learn About Electronic Voting From This Tiny Eastern European Nation
This article describes the system of electronic voting used by the Baltic country of Estonia, which is often held up by many as a model for how electronic voting can be done right. It then interviews Prof. J. Alex Halderman, who conducted a security audit of the Estonian system in 2014 and found a series of alarming problems. [Full Story]
Election security: Halderman recommends actions to ensure integrity of US systems
Prof. J. Alex Halderman testified in front of the US House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Service and General Government, urging lawmakers to approve additional funding for election cybersecurity prior to the upcoming 2020 elections. [Full Story]
How the Internet of Things could bring hackers into your kitchen (or bedroom)
This article and video describes vulnerabilities that exist in Internet of Things devices, and highlights work done by Prof. Kevin Fu that demonstrates how devices can be controlled by sound waves. [Full Story]
Automated software repair paper recognized for 10 years of influence
Ten years ago, Prof. Westley Weimer set out to shave time and expenditure off the process of generating patch fixes to buggy software. His solution was controversial, applying a novel approach to software development called genetic programming to generate automated patches to even large, complicated programs. The paper has since been cited over 500 times and served as groundwork for tools in use by companies like Facebook. Now, the International Conference on Software Engineering has recognized the work with a Ten-Year Most Influential Paper. [Full Story]
Research team investigating Internet censorship with tracking system
A group of researchers led by Prof. Roya Ensafi is investigating Internet censorship. The team created a system called Censored Planet that monitors and reports when access to websites is blocked. The team is seeking to understand which websites governments are blocking and why. [Full Story]
Online censorship detector aims to make the internet a freer place
In an advance that could one day provide a comprehensive, publicly available window into worldwide internet censorship, a team led by Prof. Roya Ensafi has turned public internet servers across the globe into automated sentries that can monitor and report when access to websites is being blocked. [Full Story]
Built by humans. Ruled by computers.
H.V. Jagadish, the Bernard A. Galler Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at U-M, has been tapped to lead the Center for Responsible Information Technology, a U-M think tank thats now in development. It will aim to help technologists use algorithmic systems and other IT advances in a socially responsible way. [Full Story]
Facebook Fellowship for research on web privacy, security, and censorship
Allison McDonald, a third-year PhD student in CSE, has received a 2019 Facebook Fellowship. The award recognizes promising doctoral students engaged in innovative and relevant research. McDonald works with Prof. J. Alex Halderman and Prof. Florian Schaub from the School of Information to develop better privacy and security tools for marginalized communities. [Full Story]
The Elite Intel Team Still Fighting Meltdown and Spectre
Prof. Thomas Wenisch comments in this article on Intel's efforts to shore up the security of its microprocessors while still competing on performance. Wenisch was one of the researchers who exposed weaknesses in Intel's secure enclave technology via the Foreshadow attack. [Full Story]
Censys, a search engine for internet-connected devices, raises $2.6 million led by GV and Greylock
Cybersecurity startup Censys, co-founded by Prof. J. Alex Halderman, PhD candidate David Adrian, and alum Zakir Durumeric, announced that it has raised a $2.6 million seed round led by GV and Greylock. The funding will be used as Censys, which just launched as a commercial company last year, seeks to collect more data and develop additional paid services. [Full Story]
Online censorship in Saudi Arabia soared after Jamal Khashoggis murder
This story highlights how tools such as Censored Planet, developed by Research Prof. Roya Ensafi, have shed light on state-sponsored censorship activities such as the measures that were put in place recently in Saudi Arabia. [Full Story]
A look at the election security charges in Georgias governors race
An already tight governors race in Georgia devolved into new chaos Monday after the Republican candidate, who is also the states chief election official, alleged with little evidence that Democrats sought to hack a voter database that will be used in Tuesdays elections. CSE PhD student Matthew Bernhard told the AP that anyone with access to an individual voters personal information could alter that voters record in the system. [Full Story]
A secure future for US elections starts in the classroom
Prof. J. Alex Halderman has been at the forefront of exposing vulnerabilities in electronic voting systems around the world. This Fall, Prof. Halderman and CSE PhD student Matt Bernhard are teaching a new special topics course on election cybersecurity, providing students with a deep examination of the past, present, and future of US elections with perspectives from computer security, tech policy, human factors, and more. [Full Story]
J. Alex Halderman on Election Systems and Vulnerabilities
C-SPAN Prof. J. Alex Halderman talked on C-SPAN about voting machine security and vulnerabilities in US election systems. He took questions from live callers and online viewers. [Full Story]
Q&A | Dont kid yourself, U.S. enemies are trying to hack our elections
As a national expert on election system security, Prof. J. Alex Halderman has never shied away from explaining how Americas election systems can and have been hacked. The University of Michigan computer science professor stops short of saying vote counts have been changed, but notes Russians tapped into voter registration lists in some states in 2016, and that he and fellow election-hack experts have demonstrated how state election systems can be infiltrated. [Full Story]
Ahead of important elections, U.S. voting system is still vulnerable to hacking
This CBC Radio Q&A with Prof. J. Alex Halderman focuses on vulnerabilities that exist in the US voting system, as well as telephone voting in Canada and the US. [Full Story]
The midterms are already hacked. You just dont know it yet.
This in-depth investigation into the US election system reveals frightening vulnerabilities at almost every level. It quotes Prof. J. Alex Halderman and CSE PhD student Matt Bernhard regarding some of vulnerabilities that exist. [Full Story]
Should You Be Afraid of Election Hacking? Here's What Experts Say
This article examines what it means to hack an election and what vulnerabilities exist. Prof. J. Alex Halderman is quoted on where we are with respect to this challenge. [Full Story]
How hackable are American voting machines? It depends who you ask
Prof. J. Alex Halderman is on a crusade to demonstrate how vulnerable American voting machines are, and some of his arguments are quite compelling. He has rigged mock elections. He has testified to the machines vulnerabilities in Congress and in court. He has even managed to turn a commonly used voting machine into an iteration of the classic arcade game Pac-Man. [Full Story]
Tyche: A new permission model to defend against smart home hacks
Prof. Atul Prakash, CSE PhD student Kevin Eykholt, and CSE alumni Amir Rahmati and Earlence Fernandes have proposed Tyche, a safer app permissions system for smart homes and the Internet of Things. Their paper on this project, Tyche: A Risk-Based Permission Model for Smart Homes, received a Best Paper Award at the IEEE Cybersecurity Development Conference. [Full Story]
Researchers find way to spy on remote screensthrough the webcam mic
Prof. Daniel Genkin and collaborators have investigated a potential new avenue of remote surveillance that they have dubbed "Synesthesia": a side-channel attack that can reveal the contents of a remote screen, providing access to potentially sensitive information based solely on "content-dependent acoustic leakage from LCD screens." All that is needed is audio picked up by webcam microphones. [Full Story]
Hackers can spy on your computer screen just by listening to your webcam's microphone, experts warn
Prof. Daniel Genkin and a team of researchers discovered how hackers can spy on remote computers. LCD displays emit high-frequency sounds that can be recorded by a microphone, including from webcam, smartphone or smart speaker up to 30 ft away. These recordings are then fed into a machine learning algorithm and analyzed to generate an estimation of what's onscreen. [Full Story]
Kids at hacking conference show how easily US elections could be sabotaged
In this article, Prof. J. Alex Halderman is quoted on the problems that continue to exist with electronic voting, and why paper ballots should be used. [Full Story]
Hackers are out to jeopardize your vote
Cyberattacks on the 2016 US election caused states to bolster the defenses of their voting systems. Prof. J Alex Halderman explains why this hasn't been enough in this Q&A piece. [Full Story]
Intel processor vulnerability could put millions of PCs at risk
A newly discovered processor vulnerability could potentially put secure information at risk in any Intel-based PC manufactured since 2008. It could affect users who rely on a digital lockbox feature known as Intel Software Guard Extensions, or SGX, as well as those who utilize common cloud-based services. CSE researchers contributed to the discovery of the security hole, called Foreshadow. [Full Story]
Spectre-Like Flaw Undermines Intel Processors' Most Secure Element
Wired reports on the security work done by Michigan CSE researchers and their collaborators on a flaw in what was supposed to be a secure enclave in Intel chips. [Full Story]
Intel's SGX blown wide open by, you guessed it, a speculative execution attack
ARS Technica reports on the security work done by Michigan CSE researchers and their collaborators on a flaw in what was supposed to be a secure enclave in Intel chips. [Full Story]
Is Blockchain Technology the Future of Voting?
West Virginia is experimenting with voting via a blockchain network using smartphones. Prof. J. Alex Halderman cautions that such an approach is not yet truly viable, and that mobile voting using blockchain doesn't address core security problems that are unique to mobile voting. [Full Story]
Cisco is buying Duo Security for $2.35B in cash
Cisco today announced its intention to buy Ann Arbor, MI-based security firm, Duo Security. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco is paying $2.35 billion in cash and assumed equity awards for Duo. Duo Security was founded in 2010 by Dug Song (BS CS ) and Jonathan Oberheide (BS, MS, PhD CSE , , ) and went on to raise $121.M through several rounds of funding. The company has 700 employees with offices throughout the United States and in London, though the company has remained headquartered in Ann Arbor. [Full Story]
Sounding the Alarm on the Dangers of Electronic Voting
Prof. J. Alex Halderman explains the dangers inherent with electronic voting machines, especially those without paperbackup, in the BloombergTV interview with Emily Chang. [Full Story]
Voting systems in Wisconsin, a key swing state, can be hacked, security experts warn
This article at WisconsinWatch.org reports in detail on potential vulnerabilities in Wisconsin's voting system, including risks from Russian hacking. It reviews the response of Wisconsin politicians to this prospect as well as the viewpoints of computer scientists. Prof. J. Alex Halderman, an expert in computer, network, and election security, is highlighted in the story. [Full Story]
Safety in Numbers: Computer Scientist Races to Develop Unhackable Code to Protect Everyones Data
ECE alumnus Kurt Rohloff is co-founder of the cybersecurity start-up, Duality Technologies, and director of the NJIT Cybersecurity Research Center. [Full Story]
The 5 States Most Vulnerable to a 2018 Election Hack
13 states are still using some electronic voting systems without paper backup. Five states rely upon them exclusively. According to Prof. J. Alex Halderman, "If a sophisticated nation state wants to cause chaos on Election Day, theyre probably already in our systems." [Full Story]
Undocumented immigrants' privacy at risk online, on phones
Every day, undocumented immigrants in the U.S. face discrimination, surveillance, deportation, and other dangers. When it comes to their smartphones, immigrants struggle to apply instinctive caution, according to a study by a team of University of Michigan researchers that included CSE PhD student Allison McDonald. [Full Story]
Connected cars can lie, posing a new threat to smart cities
In the article in The Conversation, PhD candidate Qi Alfred Chen and Prof. Z. Morley Mao describe how vulnerabilities in intelligent infrastructure, such as the Intelligent Traffic Signal System being tested by the US Department of Transportation, can create opportunities for hackers to create chaos. [Full Story]
Building a security standard for a post-quantum future
Chris Peikert, with a team of eleven other researchers, has submitted a cryptographic scheme as a proposed standard to the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography project. Called FrodoKEM, this family of encryption algorithms is designed to be a conservative and practical implementation of one of the most-studied approaches in the post-quantum cryptography field. [Full Story]
Here's how hackers could cause chaos in this years US midterm elections
This article reviews areas of vulnerability in the US voting system and how these weaknesses can be addressed. Prof. J. Alex Halderman, an expert in computer, network, and election security, is highlighted in the story. [Full Story]
I hacked an election. So can the Russians.
Professor Alex Halderman and the New York Times staged a mock election to demonstrate voting machine vulnerability. [Full Story]
Possession of ransomware is now a crime in Michigan
There were more than 1,300 reported cases of ransomware attacks in Michigan in 2017, according to FBI statistics. New legislation signed by the governor closes a loophole that hindered the pursuit of suspected cybercriminals. Professor Kang Shin weighs in on the usefulness of these laws and headaches that may arise. [Full Story]
CSE PhD student Matt Bernhard on the Facebook data breach
In this video, CSE PhD Student Matt Bernhard weighs in on the matter Facebook data harvesting, such as that done by Cambridge Analytica. [Full Story]
Inaugural ECE Willie Hobbs Moore Alumni Lecture: Dr. Isaac R. Porche III
Dr. Porche (PhD EE:S 1998) was the inaugural speaker for the ECE Willie Hobbs Moore Alumni Lecture. A senior engineer at the RAND Corporation, Porche talks on "Information-Age Conflict" as an expert in cybersecurity. [Full Story]
Security of State Voter Rolls a Concern as Primaries Begin
This article describes steps being taken in Illinois, the lone state known to have its state election system breached in a hacking effort, regarding its election systems. It quotes Prof. J. Alex Halderman, who points out that many of the same weaknesses present in 2016 remain. [Full Story]
Election audits to debut in Mich. 2018 race
This article describes new measures to bolster security for Michigans 2018 midterm elections. Prof. J. Alex Halderman points out that additional progress can occur in the stat's process for auditing of paper ballots. [Full Story]
U of M computer scientists might have solved mystery behind Cuba 'sonic attacks'
In this local news segment, Prof. Kevin Fu explains why the "sonic attacks" that poisoned diplomats in Cuba may have been the accidental effect of eavesdropping. [Full Story]
Cuba "sonic attacks" - a covert accident?
The purported "sonic attacks" that sickened U.S. and Canadian government workers in Cuba last year could have been an accidental side effect of attempted eavesdropping, says Prof. Kevin Fu, who with his colleagues reverse-engineered the attacks in a lab. [Full Story]
Pacemakers, defibrillators are potentially hackable
This article on the security of cardiac implants quotes Prof. Kevin Fu, who notes that limiting remote interactions would also address scenarios such as an old computer virus that unintentionally shuts down global operations of remote cardiac telemetry for hundreds of thousands of patients at once. [Full Story]
The Myth of the Hacker-Proof Voting Machine
This article describes the security holes that exist in today's electronic voting machines, including both the shortcomings of voting systems that do not provide paper backup and those of the systems that transmit electronic votes to counting centers. It quotes Prof. J. Alex Halderman, who points to flaws in the protections for vote transmission systems put forth by vendors of paperless systems. [Full Story]
Internet-scanning U-M startup pioneers new approach to cybersecurity
Ann Arbor-based Censys has launched based on work done over the past 5 years in Prof. J. Alex Halderman's lab. Censys is the first commercially available internet-wide scanning tool. It helps IT experts working to secure large networks, which are composed of a constantly changing array of devices ranging from servers to smartphones and internet-of-things devices. [Full Story]
New bill could finally get rid of paperless voting machines
Prof. J. Alex Halderman is quoted on the the vulnerabilities that exist in voting machines, why paper backup is a practical solution, and the approaches that should be taken in auditing election results. [Full Story]
DARPA Takes Chip Route to "Unhackable" Computers
This article in EE Times quotes Prof. Todd Austin on his DARPA-funded MORPHEUS project, which will use computer circuits that are designed to randomly shuffle data around a computer system in order to thwart hackers who are looking for the location of a bug or valuable data. [Full Story]
A New Type of Computer Could Render Many Software Hacks Obsolete
This article quotes Prof. Todd Austin on his DARPA-funded MORPHEUS project, which will use computer circuits that are designed to randomly shuffle data around a computer system in order to thwart hackers who are looking for the location of a bug or valuable data. [Full Story]
Unhackable Computer Under Development with $3.6M DARPA Grant
By turning computer circuits into unsolvable puzzles, a University of Michigan team aims to create an unhackable computer with a new $3.6 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Todd Austin, a professor of computer science and engineering, leads the project, called MORPHEUS. [Full Story]
The Art of Cyber War with Isaac Porche
Isaac Porche (PhD EE:S 1998) is a senior engineer at the RAND Corporation, where he leads research to help Homeland Security and the government adopt proper cyber security tactics. In this interview, he shares the global state of cyber warfare, the threats to government computer systems, and how his time at Michigan led him to being on the frontlines of technological attacks. [Full Story]
An armed robber's Supreme Court case could affect all Americans digital privacy for decades to come
Prof. HV Jagadish writes in this article for The Conversation about the data privacy challenges presented by a world in which our devices continuously record and track our activities. [Full Story]
Kevin Fu Elected IEEE Fellow for Contributions to Embedded and Medical Device Security
Prof. Fu is an expert on the subject of creating trustworthy embedded computing systems that are resistant to attack. He has served in several national leadership roles to advise government on science, technology, and policy to improve computer security and privacy. He is a cofounder of healthcare cybersecurity startup VirtaLabs [Full Story]
Prof. Chris Peikert Receives TCC Test of Time Award for Work in Lattice Cryptography
Chris Peikert, the Patrick C. Fischer Development Professor in Theoretical Computer Science, and his co-author Alon Rosen have received the TCC Test of Time Award for their paper on efficient collision-resistant hashing on cyclic lattices. The award is a recognition of a long line of works by Prof. Peikert and others who laid the foundations for practically efficient lattice-based cryptography. [Full Story]
Securing the vote: How 'paper' can protect US elections from foreign invaders
This story on security problems with voting quotes Prof. J. Alex Halderman, who says that "Although there is no evidence that any past election in the United States has been changed by hacking, it is in my opinion only a matter of time until one is." [Full Story]
VAuth tech feels your voice in your skin
This article describes VAuth, the new thechnology that supplements voice authorization developed in the lab of Prof. Kang G. Shin. [Full Story]
Duo Security raises $70 million at a valuation north of $1 billion
Duo Security, based in Ann Arbor, was founded by alums Jon Oberheide (CSE PhD 2011) and Dug Song (CS BS 1997) in 2009. Congrats to them! [Full Story]
Why the Krack Wi-Fi Mess Will Take Decades to Clean Up
This article quotes Prof. Kevin Fu, who says "For the general sphere of IoT devices, like security cameras, we're not just underwater. We're under quicksand under water." [Full Story]
Wearables to boost security of voice-based log-in
Voice authentication is easy to spoof. New technology could help close this open channel. [Full Story]
Hacking North Korea is Easy. Its Nukes? Not So Much
This article reports on how difficult it is for hackers to invade North Korea's nuclear program. CSE research fellow Will Scott talks about the country's limited connections, and says that any successful attack would require a human agent working to manually sabotage target systems. [Full Story]
Manos Kapritsos and Collaborators Win USENIX Security Paper Award
A team of researchers including Prof. Manos Kapritsos has won a Distinguished Paper Award at the 2017 USENIX Security Symposium for Vale, a new programming language and tool that supports flexible, automated verification of high-performance cryptographic assembly code. [Full Story]
In fight for free speech, researchers test anti-censorship tool built into the internet's core
This article describes an implementation of TapDance, a method of anticensorship deployment that is built into the very core of the internet itself. By building TapDance into the servers and routers that underpin the Internet, censorship would become impractical. TapDance's development has been led by Prof. J. Alex Halderman. [Full Story]
U.S. elections are an easier target for Russian hackers than once thought
This article on voting system security quotes Prof. J. Alex Halderman, who says of the prospect of election tampering that "the technical ability is there and we wouldn't be able to catch it. The state of technical defense is very primitive in our election system now." [Full Story]
Heres exactly how Russia can hack the 2018 elections
Vulnerabilities in our voting system need to be addressed swiftly, according to experts in the field, including Prof. J. Alex Halderman. [Full Story]
Apps available for your smartphone could steal your personal information
WXYZ Detroit reports on work by UM researchers that has exposed dangerous open ports in mobile platforms that can be taken advantage of by hackers. [Full Story]
Let's Encrypt Issues 100 Millionth Security Certificate
The Internet is more secure thanks to Let's Encrypt, the certificate authority founded by Prof. J. Alex Halderman and his collaborators. Since launching in Jan. 2016, Let's Encrypt has issued 100 million certificates. [Full Story]
Prof. J. Alex Halderman Testifies in Front of Senate Intelligence Committee on Secure Elections
Prof. J. Alex Halderman testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee as a part of the broader Russian hacking investigation. His remarks focused vulnerabilities in the US voting system and a policy agenda for securing the system against the threat of hacking. [Full Story]
How to prevent Russian hackers from attacking the 2018 election
In this commentary piece in the Chicago Tribune, Prof. J. Alex Halderman and Justin Talbot-Zorn make the case for a straightforward policy agenda to secure America's voting systems against the threat of hackers. [Full Story]
If Voting Machines Were Hacked, Would Anyone Know?
In the article, Prof. J. Alex Halderman points out how electronic voting systems even those not connected to the Internet can be compromised. One path for hackers is to attack the computers that are used to program the ballots, which are later transferred to voting machines via memory cards. [Full Story]
Smartphone security hole: "Open port" backdoors are common
The College of Engineering reports on work by computer science security researchers which has revealed that so-called "open ports" are much more vulnerable to security breaches than previously thought. [Full Story]
Hundreds of popular Android apps have open ports, making them prime targets for hacking
This article reports on the work done by CSE researchers Yunhan Jack Jia, Qi Alfred Chen, Yikai Lin, Chao Kong, and Prof. Z. Morley Mao in characterizing a widespread vulnerability in popular Android apps. [Full Story]
Open Ports Create Backdoors in Millions of Smartphones
This article reports on work by CSE researchers who have characterized a widespread vulnerability in the software that runs on mobile devices which could allow attackers to steal contact information, security credentials, photos, and other sensitive data by using open ports to create backdoors. [Full Story]
An Obscure Flaw Creates Backdoors in Millions of Smartphones
CSE researchers have characterized a widespread vulnerability in the software that runs on mobile devices which could allow attackers to steal contact information, security credentials, photos, and other sensitive data, and also to install malware and to perform malicious code execution which could be used in large-scale attacks. [Full Story]
Hacking with Sound Waves
CSE researchers have demonstrated a new way of using sound to interfere with devices containing accelerometers, such as smartphones and self-driving cars. This presents a new avenue for hackers to use in compromising devices to steal information or disrupt communication. [Full Story]
Why India Needs A Paper Trail For Free And Fair Elections
This article in the Indian edition of the Huffington Post, references the work that Prof. J. Alex Halderman and his collaborators did in 2010 to demonstrate vulnerabilities in India's "tamper-proof" electronic voting machines. [Full Story]
Courage to Resist: The High-Stakes Adventures of J. Alex Halderman
This story by Randy Milgrom at the UM College of Engineering profiles Prof. J. Alex Halderman and his work in the area of Digital Democracy. [Full Story]
Open Ports Act As Security Wormholes Into Mobile Devices
Computer science and engineering researchers at the University of Michigan have for the first time characterized a widespread vulnerability in the software that runs on mobile devices which could allow attackers to steal contact information, security credentials, photos, and other sensitive data, and also to install malware and to perform malicious code execution which could be used in large-scale attacks. [Full Story]
The next cyberattack could render your anti-virus and encryption software useless
Researchers including Prof. Kevin Fu and CSE graduate student Timothy Trippel have demonstrated a new way of using sound to interfere with devices containing accelerometers, such as smartphones. This presents a new avenue for hackers to use in compromising devices to steal information or disrupt communication. [Full Story]
Smartphone Accelerometers Can Be Fooled by Sound Waves
This article features work done by Prof. Kevin Fu and his collaborators in which they demonstrate a way to take control of or influence devices such as smartphones through the use of sound waves. [Full Story]
It's Possible to Hack a Phone With Sound Waves, Researchers Show
This article features work done by Prof. Kevin Fu and his collaborators in which they demonstrate a way to take control of or influence devices such as smartphones through the use of sound waves. The Department of Homeland Security is expected to issue a security advisory alert for affected chips. [Full Story]
Sonic Cyber Attacks Show Security Holes in Ubiquitous Sensors
Sound waves can be used to hack into critical sensors used in a broad array of technologies including smartphones, automobiles, medical devices, and the Internet of Things, according to research performed by Prof. Kevin Fu, Prof. Peter Honeyman, CSE graduate student Timothy Trippel, and their collaborators at the University of South Carolina. [Full Story]
Professor Who Urged an Election Recount Thinks Trump Won, but Voting Integrity Still Concerns Him
This article in the Chronicle of Higher Education includes a Q and A with Prof. J. Alex Halderman on the 2016 presidential election recount and on the challenges ahead for election integrity. [Full Story]
Inside the Recount
This story provides an in-depth, inside view of how the recount effort for the 2016 presidential election - of which Prof. J. Alex Halderman was a primary participant - was sparked, how it came to focus on three states, what the results showed, and what we can learn from it all. [Full Story]
Our Voting System Is Hackable by Foreign Powers
This article reviews the vulnerabilities that currently exist in our voting system. It references Prof. J. Alex Halderman, who has stated that he and his students could have changed the results of the November election. [Full Story]


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At last, leaders of the world's major powers have found some common ground about how to deal with Syria's bloody civil war. After two years of fruitless and often acrimonious exchanges at the United Nations, the five permanent Security Council members now appear to be in agreement that the best course of action is to place Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons under international supervision.
It says something about the dramatic shift taking place in the global balance of power that this groundbreaking proposal should have emanated from Moscow, rather than Washington, London or Paris. Since the end of the Cold War, the UN agenda has been dominated by the major Western powers, with Russia and China obliged to play a secondary role.
But that was before President Obama formulated the novel approach of responding to international crises by leading from behind, whereby America's role became that of an interested onlooker. So it should come as no surprise that, with Mr Obama floundering over his threat to launch military action against Syria, it should fall to Moscow to devise a neat diplomatic solution that suits the pro- and anti-Assad lobbies alike.
For when it comes to weapons of mass destruction, no one will defend their use on the battlefields of the 21st century. Even Iran, which has issues of its own regarding illegal arms programmes, is backing the disarmament of its most important ally.
There will be many who argue that, given Russia's obstructive approach to the many previous attempts to find common ground at the UN, it was high time the Russians came up with a positive proposition, even if it was a piece of diplomatic opportunism inspired by an off-the-cuff remark made by John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, at a press briefing in London.
When Mr Kerry mockingly suggested that the easiest way for the Assad regime to avoid American air strikes would be to surrender Syria's extensive stockpiles of chemical weapons to international control, he had little inkling that a few hours later his remark would have been turned into a major policy initiative by his Russian rivals.
No doubt the main intention of Sergei Lavrov, Mr Kerry's opposite number in Moscow, when he announced the plan, was to embarrass the White House just at the moment that Mr Obama was preparing to use all his political capital in Washington to persuade Congress to back his plan to attack the Assad regime.
But if the Russian proposal should be seen as nothing more than an exercise designed to unsettle Mr Obama, that does not mean it is entirely without merit. On the contrary, if any argument is likely to convince sceptical public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic of the need for military intervention, it is the threat posed to our own security by chemical arsenals held by a rogue state such as Syria.
One of the reasons the West has struggled during the past two years to come to grips with the Syrian conflict is that it has failed to identify, let alone articulate, its primary strategic objectives, whether it is setting out its vision for post-Assad Syria or assessing the impact regime change in Damascus would have on staunch allies of the dictator's clan, such as Iran.
Ridding an unstable country such as Syria of its stockpile of chemicals is another argument that could and should have been used by politicians in London and Washington to persuade citizens to support intervention. For all the controversies that have raged over the past decade on issues like Iraq and Iran's nuclear programme, a broad consensus remains that extremist terrorist organisations such as al-Qaeda must be prevented from acquiring WMD at all costs.
Islamist fanatics make no secret of their desire to acquire weapons that are capable of inflicting carnage in the West, and it is known that radical groups fighting in Syria such as the al-Nusra Front have made attempts to acquire the estimated 500-1,000 tons of chemical weapons the Assad regime has stored at secret facilities around the country.
The prospect that lethal agents, such as those used in the devastating attack on Damascus last month, killing hundreds of civilians, might fall into the hands of
al-Qaeda and its affiliates is a compelling argument in favour of supporting the Russian initiative, irrespective of Moscow's motives for putting it forward.
The only drawback with this otherwise responsible approach to limiting the effects of the Syrian crisis on the rest of the region is that, as with so many UN schemes, it is completely out of touch with reality. For a start, not even the Russians, with their favoured-nation status in Damascus, will be able to guarantee the safety of any teams of UN inspectors sent to dismantle the weapons stockpiles.
Nor do we have any assurances that Assad will not indulge in the same delaying tactics that the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein used in the Nineties to prevent inspection teams from making a full assessment of his WMD capabilities. Saddam's intransigence led to the controversial military invasion that secured his overthrow, but little else. Given Assad's confrontational approach to the West during the past two years, there is no reason to believe this Ba'athist dictatorship will act any differently. In which case, Mr Obama will not find it any easier to avoid the clamour for the White House to take decisive action.


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Peter Woolcott
As the Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand the event you look forward to most each year is the annual Leaders Meeting.
While invariably short, these visits can accomplish a huge amount for a bilateral relationship. They set the direction for work that will continue long after the PM's plane leaves, and they build the foundations of mutual respect and trust between leaders which is so important in maintaining strong relationships between countries. It is also a chance to cut through bureaucratic thickets and get decisions made.
Prime Minister Turnbull's recent visit to Queenstown was a great example of how much can be achieved in just 24 hours.
Firstly, some important new initiatives were agreed:
- The Australia New Zealand Science, Research and Innovation Cooperation Agreement was signed, paving the way for greater collaboration in science, innovation and research to enhance welfare and prosperity and create jobs;
- Building on the Australia New Zealand Infrastructure Pipeline, the two countries will aim to further integrate our infrastructure markets, such as by aligning pre-qualification requirements to create a more seamless and attractive proposition for both domestic and foreign construction firms and investors;
- To further improve the ease of travel across the Tasman, we're going to be exploring options for new smart technologies to make the border experience more efficient;
- The pathway to Australian citizenship for New Zealanders who have resided long-term in Australia will be applied flexibly to particular individuals who are unable, for reasons such as breaks in employment as a result of injury or carer responsibilities, to meet the income test requirement to enter the pathway.
There's a reason that some of these initiatives (and the many other areas in which we agreed to collaborate and learn from each other) don't sound particularly ground-breaking: the big announceables in the bilateral relationship were made years ago. Since we signed the Closer Economic Relations agreement in 1983, Australia and New Zealand have become among the most integrated partners in the world.
But some hurdles do remain, and where removing them would provide benefits to both countries, or where acting in concert gives us a stronger voice on the international stage, our Prime Ministers are committed to working together.
Secondly, the meeting was an opportunity for the two leaders to share views on global issues.
In these times of growing protectionist sentiment in many parts of the world, trading economies like Australia and New Zealand need to work together closely to sell the benefits of open markets to the world. We also need to work together to promote a rules-based international order and strengthen regional and global security.
The leaders were very much on the same page on these issues and took the opportunity to discuss how Australia and New Zealand could collaborate to defend and advance our shared international security and economic interests.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the visit allowed the Prime Ministers to get to know each other. There is a huge amount of ballast in the relationship, but it shouldn't be underestimated just how valuable it is for the leaders of Australia and New Zealand to have a strong and constructive personal relationship. This is all the more so when global dynamics are in a state of flux and change.
The meeting was designed to allow the two Prime Ministers to spend considerable time with each other outside the formal meeting room and away from the notetakers' pens. The rapport they have established will help to further entrench the bonds of friendship and cooperation that have long characterised the trans-Tasman relationship.
Peter Woolcott is the Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand. You can read his full biography here.