Truth decayTricking Fake news detectors with malicious user comments Published 4 November 2020 Fake news detectors, which have been deployed by social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook to add warnings to misleading posts, have traditionally flagged online articles as false based on the story’s headline or content. However, recent approaches have considered other signals,

CybersecurityPlenty More Phish: Why Employees Fall for Scams and What Companies Can Do about It Published 4 November 2020 Preventive countermeasures to phishing emails may actually increase the likelihood of employees falling for such scams, a new academic study reveals. Protective controls, such as email proxy, anti-malware and anti-phishing technologies, can give employees a false

InfrastructureBuilding European Cities with Wood Would Sequester, Store Half of Cement industry’s Carbon Emissions Published 4 November 2020 Buildings around us create a whopping one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions – that’s about ten times more than air traffic worldwide. In Europe alone about 190 million square meters of housing space are built each year,

Our picksU.S. Cyberattacks Iran | Despite Horrors, Jihadism Has Declined | DHS Cut Corners in Portland, and more Published 4 November 2020 ·  Right and Left-Wing Extremists Are Anticipating Election-Related Violence, From the Other Side, Report Finds ·  U.S. Undertook Cyber Operation against Iran as Part of Effort to Secure the 2020 Election ·  Despite the Horrors

TerrorismVienna “Terror” Attack: Police Launch Massive Manhunt Published 3 November 2020 A massive manhunt is underway in the Austrian capital after an attack that left four civilians dead. Authorities say at least one “Islamist terrorist” was behind the shootings and that more suspects may be at large. Hundreds of police have been deployed across Vienna to

CybersecurityCreating a National Network of Cybersecurity Institutes Published 3 November 2020 DHS S&T, in partnership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), awarded $2 million to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to develop a plan that CISA can execute to build a national network of cybersecurity technical institutes. “CISA sees the growing

Grid securityNew Cyber Technologies Protect Utility Energy Delivery Systems Published 3 November 2020 Researchers are taking new approaches to solve cybersecurity vulnerabilities for utilities and other industries that use process control technologies. These connected devices are used in operational technology settings and tend to be more vulnerable to cyberattacks than information technology equipment. The software

FloodsMobile Flood Tool Published 3 November 2020 The U.S. Geological Survey announced Friday the completion of a new mobile tool that provides real-time information on water levels, weather and flood forecasts all in one place on a computer, smartphone or other mobile device. The new access anywhere interactive map helps minimize loss of life and property.

ARGUMENT: Election tensionsEasing Election-Related Tensions: Lessons for the U.S. from Elections Abroad Published 2 November 2020 Public officials and the news media have broken through the public consciousness with the message that the results of the election may not be known on the night of 3 November, potentially helping to ease tensions in the immediate

PERSPECTIVE: Election Night Reporting (ENR)Preparing for Election Night: Counting and Reporting the Vote in Battleground States Published 2 November 2020 Disinformation surrounding election night reporting of vote counts poses a unique threat to public confidence in U.S. election results. Jack Caleb and colleagues note that election night reporting (ENR) refers to the real-time report of