Since the beginning of July 2020, a team of Duke researchers has been collaborating with The Media Trust, a private cybersecurity company, to investigate an under-researched area of cybersecurity risk: the impacts of undesired third-party code on internet users. The study involves analyzing two evolving datasets: one collected by The Media Trust, and the other by a security team at Duke’s Office of Information Technology (OIT). Provided below are monthly updates on the data collected by both parties, and provided here are graphs of all historical data collected.
September: Duke Researchers Find Hundreds of Coronavirus Scams on Internet Websites on the Duke Network (July 2020 data included)
October: Duke Researchers Observe Dramatic Changes in Undesired Third-Party Code on Duke Network (August 2020 data included)
December: Duke Researchers Continue to Observe the Undesired Third-Party Code on the Duke Network (September 2020 data included)
January: The Unique Cyber Risks and Challenges of the Remote Workforce (October 2020 data included)
February: Special Topics – Abandoned Domains (November 2020 data included)
March: Special Topics – LNKR Malware
April: Special Topics – The Norwegian Consumer Council and Mobile Third-Party Code
July: Undesired Third-Party Code Update: Impacts and Comparisons (2021 Data Included)
August: Third-Party Code Tracking and U.S. National Security
September: Third-Party Code is Leaving the Backdoor Wide Open
November: Third-Party Code Continues to Expose Users to Risk (September 2021 Data Included)
December: Targeting and Other Conclusions from a New Month of Third-Party Code (October 2021 Data Included)
December: Special Topics – Log4j
January: Global Compliance with Data Subject Requests
February: Data Brokers and the Myth of “Opting-Out”
April: Disparities in Unique Attacks and Other Updates from New Months of Third-Party Code (December and January 2022 Included)
May: Spring months continue to bring a significant decrease in Total and Unique Incidents (March and April data Included)
July: Total Incidents are back on the rise after a lull in the spring months (May and June’s data Included)
September: Following Summer Trends: The increase in summer 2022 incidents matches that of 2021 (July and August data included)