The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

News & Blogs - September 2009

Spafford Comments on Gary McKinnon Case

Fri, September 25, 2009 — CERIAS Media Citings,

Professor Eugene Spafford, founder of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Indiana’s Purdue University, said the victim of a cybercrime should not take the blame. If someone broke a door to rob a store, he said, it was usual to charge them the cost of the door.



CERIAS Prof Finds Confidential Information on State-Auctioned Computers

Fri, September 25, 2009 — CERIAS Media Citings,

Rogers found the lottery hard drives contain a list of lottery players, along with their home addresses, email addresses and birthdates; personal emails to and from lottery employees including lewd jokes and information about workers’ children; agency databases, contact lists and contracts; serial numbers and other information about lottery scratch-off and pull tab ticket machines placed in retail stores around the state; and employee usernames and passwords used to log on to state computers.



The Secunia Personal Software Inspector

Tue, September 22, 2009 — General,


Odds & Ends

Fri, September 18, 2009 — General, Kudos, Opinions and Rants,


NSF awards $105m for Earthquake Engineering Center Ops HQ

Tue, September 15, 2009 — General,

CERIAS faculty member Prof. Saurabh Bagchi to be responsible for cybersecurity



ReAssure 1.20 Release

Wed, September 09, 2009 — General,


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