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Aug 11

Carnegie Mellon faculty, students present at the 31st USENIX Security Symposium

An overview of papers, authored by members of CMU's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, being presented at the 31st USENIX Security Symposium

Aug 09

iPhone security compromises prove difficult to detect

Mobile phones can be abused to enable stalking through methods like location tracking, account compromise, and remote surveillance. While experts can help victims detect and recover from this type of technology abuse, researchers at Carnegie Mellon's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute say typical users aren't equipped to identify and resolve these issues on their own.

Aug 08

Michelle Mazurek receives 2022 CyLab Distinguished Alumni Award

Michelle Mazurek, a CyLab alum, Director of the Maryland Cybersecurity Center and Associate Professor at the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, has been selected to receive the 2022 CyLab Distinguished Alumni Award.

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    CyLab draws faculty from CMU’s top-ranked programs, like CMU’s #1-ranked School of Computer Science and #2-ranked Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

  • World-class faculty

    CyLab consists of more than 30 core and 60 affiliated faculty who collaborate across 20 different departments across CMU

  • Prolific researchers

    CyLab’s researchers have published more than 400 security and privacy research studies in the past five years

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    Five-time DefCon winners, DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge winners, and DefCon Crack-Me-If-You-Can winners

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