Analyzing the Resilience of Modern Smartphones Against Fault Injection Attacks

The costs and damages that result from cyber security weaknesses are increasing year by year. The cybercrime economy has grown to acquire $600 billion in profits every year, nearly one percent of the global GDP according to a study made by The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in collaboration with McAfee. This is likely to...

Ethical hacking for boosting IoT vulnerability management: A first look into bug bounty programs and responsible disclosure

The security of the Internet of Things (IoT) has attracted much attention due to the growing number of IoT-oriented security incidents. IoT hardware and software security vulnerabilities are exploited affecting many companies and persons. Since the causes of vulnerabilities go beyond pure technical measures, there is a pressing demand...

Gebrek aan cyber security bedreigt autonoom rijdende auto

Connected- en de autonoom rijdende auto’s communiceren constant met hun omgeving. Deze rijdende computers zijn nooit ontworpen om kwaadwillende hackers buiten te houden. Het is tijd om de ICT architectuur in onze auto’s grondig te herzien om ervoor te zorgen dat de fysieke consumentenveiligheid gegarandeerd wordt. Onderzoek vanuit de Cyber...

Black-Box assessment of Web systems security

Many companies rely on Web applications to promote their services to the world. It is a logical step, as the Web offers great advantages such as convenience, low cost and instant reachability from anywhere in the world. Meanwhile Web applications tend to be implemented in an insecure way and the attacker does not even need to be too experienced...

Agents of responsibility: Freelance web developers in web applications development

Much of the literature on responsibility in the IT field addresses the responsibilities of members of the IT profession. In this paper, we investigate to what extent the responsibilities associated with computing practitioners apply to freelance web developers. The relevant moral question is not “can freelancers be considered as professionals?”,...