2022

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.

Aug 05

CyLab well represented at SOUPS 2022

There is no shortage of Carnegie Mellon (CMU) students and faculty participating in this year's Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS).

Aug 04

Algorand Foundation selects Carnegie Mellon to join ACE Program

The Algorand Foundation has selected Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) as one of 10 global winners to join its Algorand Center of Excellence (ACE) Program. Over the next five years, Algorand's $50 million investment will support blockchain research and education hubs at each institution, aiming to grow a diverse and inclusive global community of blockchain researchers and educators.

Jul 26

Study reveals iOS privacy labels miss the mark

A new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s Security and Privacy Institute shows users find Apple’s iOS privacy labels confusing, difficult to find.

Jul 21

Usable but not understood: a case study on chatbots and HIPAA

Achieving consent online is a challenge. Throw that into the context of healthcare, and it becomes enormously challenging. A new study by CyLab's Sarah Pearman takes a deep dive.

Jul 21

Inaugural conference talks digital public goods in Africa Opens in new window

Conrad Tucker and Assane Gueye organized the first-ever West Africa Conference on Digital Public Goods and Cybersecurity, held in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Jul 12

CyLab research leads to blockchain paradigm shift

New research out of CyLab lays the scientific foundation for studying decentralized mechanism design.

Jul 06

Researchers propose ephemeral approach to IoT privacy

A team of CyLab researchers has proposed a new model of IoT ownership to help alleviate issues of privacy.

Jun 24

CyLab’s Giulia Fanti receives 2022 Rising Star Award

ACM SIGMETRICS named CyLab’s Giulia Fanti the recipient of the 2022 Rising Star Research Award for her “fundamental and interdisciplinary research on scalable systems for data sharing that ensures security and privacy.”

Jun 22

CyLab Ph.D. student receives honor for “highest quality” thesis

CyLab’s Aymeric Fromherz was recognized with an A.G. Milnes Award for his Ph.D. thesis work “judged to be of the highest quality and which has had, or is likely to have, significant impact in his or her field.”

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