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Ph.D., chair, IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative & Chief Scientist, CERT Division, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
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Dr. Greg Shannon is chair, IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative and the Chief Scientist for the CERT(r) Division at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute, where his role is to expand the division's research results, impact, and visibility. Outside of CERT, Shannon influences national and international research agendas by promoting data-driven science for cybersecurity. Shannon is also a co-organizer for the DIMACS and IEEE Workshop on Efficient and Scalable Cyber-security using Algorithms Protected by Electricity (ESCAPE, dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/ESCAPE<http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/ESCAPE/announcement.html>). He cofounded the Workshop on Learning from Authoritative Security Experiment Results (LASER, www.laser-workshop.org<http://www.laser-workshop.org/>).

Prior to joining CERT, Shannon was Chief Scientist at two startups working on statistical anomaly detection in sensor streams, the science of cybersecurity, and insider threats. In earlier positions, he led applied research and development in cybersecurity and data analysis at Lucent Technologies, Lumeta, Ascend Communications, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Indiana University, and his own startup company.
Articles by Greg Shannon
WebAuthn, FIDO2 Infuse Browsers, Platforms with Strong Authentication
John Fontana, Standards & Identity Analyst, Yubico,  9/19/2018
Turn the NIST Cybersecurity Framework into Reality: 5 Steps
Mukul Kumar & Anupam Sahai, CISO & VP of Cyber Practice and VP Product Management, Cavirin Systems,  9/20/2018
NSS Labs Files Antitrust Suit Against Symantec, CrowdStrike, ESET, AMTSO
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark Reading,  9/19/2018
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CVE-2018-17368
PUBLISHED: 2018-09-23
An issue was discovered in PublicCMS V4.0.180825. For an invalid login attempt, the response length is different depending on whether the username is valid, which makes it easier to conduct brute-force attacks.
CVE-2018-17369
PUBLISHED: 2018-09-23
An issue was discovered in springboot_authority through 2017-03-06. There is stored XSS via the admin/role/edit roleKey, name, or description parameter.
CVE-2018-17400
PUBLISHED: 2018-09-23
The PhonePe wallet (aka com.PhonePe.app) application 3.0.6 through 3.3.26 for Android might allow attackers to perform Account Takeover attacks by intercepting the user name and PIN during the initial configuration of the application.
CVE-2018-17401
PUBLISHED: 2018-09-23
The PhonePe wallet (aka com.PhonePe.app) application 3.0.6 through 3.3.26 for Android might allow attackers to perform Account Takeover attacks by exploiting its Forgot Password feature.
CVE-2018-17402
PUBLISHED: 2018-09-23
The PhonePe wallet (aka com.PhonePe.app) application 3.0.6 through 3.3.26 for Android might allow attackers to discover the Credit/Debit card number, expiration date, and CVV number.