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After an intro to formal methods, it describes examples of hardware, software, and combined verifications of useful protection schemes. Recent work focuses more on HW/SW combined since it provides highest usability, security, and performance combination.
Important: Windows security updates released January 3, 2018, and antivirus software
(support.microsoft.com)
Microsoft is only offering the Windows security updates that were released on January 3, 2018, to devices that are running antivirus software that is from partners who have confirmed that their software is compatible with the January 2018 Windows operating system security update.
Software-based Gate-level Information Flow Security for IoT Systems (2017)
(rakeshk.crhc.illinois.edu)
Abstract: "The growing movement to connect literally everything to the internet (internet of things or IoT) through ultra-low-power embedded microprocessors poses a critical challenge for information security. Gate-level tracking of information flows has been proposed to guarantee information flow s...
Talk given in 2017 by @david_chisnall but has only just been published.
The startup r2c, founded by MIT alumni, offers a database of software security checks to simplify the process of securing code. The unfortunate reality of the software security industry is that it’s much easier to attack a system than it is to safeguard it. Hackers only need to find one vulnerabilit...