Key Network Questions

I wrote this on 7 December 2018 but never published it until today. The following are the "key network questions" which "would answer many key questions about a network, without having to access a third party log repository. This data is derived from mining Zeek log data as it is created, rather...

Deserialization Vulnerability in U8 Cloud of UFIDA Network Technologies Co.

U8 Cloud is a digital platform for enterprises to go to the cloud, integrating transactions, services and management into a total ERP solution. A deserialization vulnerability exists in UFIDA U8 Cloud, which can be exploited by attackers to remotely execute commands...

How to transform your revolutionary idea into a reality: $100K Nokia Bell Labs Prize

Revolutionary ideas in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics don't occur every day. But when those "eureka" moments happen, we need to provide a forum to explore those ideas, judge them on their merits, and distinguish the extraordinary from the merely good. Once a year, Nokia Bell La...

Why So Many Top Hackers Hail from Russia

Conventional wisdom says one reason so many hackers seem to hail from Russia and parts of the former Soviet Union is that these countries have traditionally placed a much greater emphasis than educational institutions in the West on teaching information technology in middle and high schools, and...