Severe Vulnerabilities Discovered in Software to Protect Internet Routing
Frankfurt and Darmstadt (ots) - A research team from the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE led by Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann has uncovered 18 vulnerabilities in crucial software components of Resource Public...
UK bonds have hit a 25-year high – here’s what that means for the economy
David McMillan, University of Stirling - It’s been more than a year since the UK economy was thrown into crisis after then-prime minister Liz Truss suggested making a wealth of unfunded tax cuts...
Severe Vulnerabilities Discovered in Software to Protect Internet Routing
Frankfurt and Darmstadt (ots) - A research team from the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE led by Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann has uncovered 18 vulnerabilities in crucial software components of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). RPKI is an Internet standard meant to protect Internet traffic from being hijacked by hackers. By now, all affected vendors provided patches for their products. The vulnerabilities could have had devastating consequences: Internet hijacks have already been exploited, e.g., for phishing passwords and other sensitive information, tricking certificate authorities into issuing fraudulent Web certificates, stealing cryptocurrency, distributing malware, and poisoning caches of DNS servers. The ATHENE team consisting of Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann and...
How much income is needed to live well in the UK in 2023? At least £29,500 – much more than many households bring in
Matt Padley, Loughborough University and Abigail Davis, Loughborough University - You don’t have to look very hard at the moment to find evidence of...
Almost no one uses Bitcoin as currency, new data proves. It’s actually more like gambling
John Hawkins, University of Canberra - Bitcoin boosters like to claim Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies, are becoming mainstream. There’s a good reason to want people to believe this. The only...
How China is increasing its influence in central Asia as part of global plans to offer an alternative to the west
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham - As G7 leaders were preparing for their recent summit in Japan, China’s president Xi Jinping hosted his central Asian counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Central Asia is critical to China’s attempts to build an alternative to the US-led liberal order that is unquestionably dominated by Beijing and in which Russia will,...
Price inflation is slowing, but here’s why it still feels like we’re in a cost of living crisis
Özlem Onaran, University of Greenwich - The latest UK consumer price index (CPI) data has been hailed as a win for prime minister Rishi Sunak’s aim to half inflation, announced earlier this year....
How to battle boredom at work
Casher Belinda, University of Notre Dame - Though neuroscience suggests that boredom can be good for us, we all...
