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Spam wars clog the Internet

Experts say the attack isn't very sophisticated, but the mess points to a weakness in the architecture of the Internet: when you type a web address into your device, the name goes to a kind of electronic phone book that looks up the computer it needs to find.

"Some of those 'phone books' are open for anybody to use," says Paul Royal, a research scientist at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. "Unfortunately that means that attackers can abuse those 'phone books' by asking a question in a way that generates a very large response and targets a victim of their choice."[Read more about the spam wars] David Brancaccio, Marketplace, 03-28-13

Georgia Tech Lists Top Cyber-Threats for 2013

As both consumers and businesses are becoming more reliant on smart phones and tablet computers, those mobile devices are creating new opportunities for cyber criminals.

That's just one of the findings of a recent Georgia Tech reportlooking at potential threats to cyber-security in 2013. [Read and listen] Jim Burress, WABE, 11-18-12

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UPCOMING Event

April 18, 2013

GTISC Spring 2013 Security Forum

9:30 am – 3:00 pm
First Floor, Klaus Advanced Computing Building
266 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0765

Event Schedule
9:30 am - 10:00 am Opening Remarks
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Short Talks on Security Research
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Security Research Demos

Announcements

GTISC, Intel Work to Improve Security Education

December 3, 2012

Intel logo Members of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center have recently teamed up with Intel to improve cyber security education. With the help of multiple gifts from Intel, faculty at GTISC have begun work that incorporates security concepts throughout the general undergraduate Computer Science curriculum. This work has led to pilots that augment the Fall 2012 CS1301, CS2110, and CS2340 classes with security-specific content. GTISC sincerely appreciates Intel's contributions and commitment to cyber security education.

Intel CPU Donation

September 24, 2012

Earlier this month, GTISC received a donation of high-performance, multi-core E7-4870 processors from Intel. These processors will be used to conduct large-scale, virtualization-based malware analysis research, which can yield threat intelligence on the many thousands of malware samples GTISC collects each day. Previous malware research performed using Intel processors has produced intelligence that lead to the takedown of large botnets and the arrest of the criminal operators behind them. GTISC thanks Intel for its generous donation.

New GTISC Director

August 15, 2012

Wenke Lee has been named director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC). Lee, whose appointment became effective August 13, is a professor in the School of Computer Science and has been at Georgia Tech since 2001. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from Columbia University in 1999 and taught at North Carolina State for two years before coming to Atlanta. Among Lee's awards and honors are an NSF CAREER Award in 2002 and the College of Computing's Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award in 2009, and he has published more than 100 scholarly articles.

PAST Events

Georgia Tech Information Security Summit

November 14, 2012
9:30 am – 12:15 pm
Continental breakfast starting at 8:30 am
GTRI Conference Center,
250 14th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318

Read Cyber Threats Report 2013
Download Keynote Presentation Slides
View the webcast

Keynote Address by Brendan Hannigan,
General Manager, IBM Security Systems

Panel Discussion on the Evolving Nature of Cyber Threats
Moderated by Val Rahmani, CEO of Damballa

Hosted by:
Georgia Tech Information Security Center and Georgia Tech Research Institute