Security sotfware secure?
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Posted on May 5, 2016
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- Numerous media pick up news of new Concordia research that raises serious questions about the efficacy of computer security software, which may actually increase security risks. The study, led by Mohammad Mannan, assistant professor in the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), and PhD student Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet, reveals how security software can be "tricked" into accepting certificates for websites than can harm a computer or compromise the data it contains: LaPresse.ca, Les Affaires, Journal Métro, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Tech, Yahoo! News UK, Daily Mail Online, The Register (UK), Express (UK), Business Standard, Québec Hebdo, Le Lac-St-Jean, Canada Standard, Science Daily, News One Place, The American Bazaar, Bad Blue Tech, eScience News, Newswise, Homeland Security News Wire, News18, BC Indian, Vishwa Gujarat, India Today, Hindustan Times, BGR (India), AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall), Lockerdome and Ooyuz. The findings were originally presented at the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium 2016.