2020

May 27

IoT labels will help consumers figure out which devices are spying on them

A team of CyLab researchers have developed a prototype security and privacy “nutrition label” that performed well in user tests. To develop the label, the team consulted with a diverse group of 22 security and privacy experts across industry, government, and academia.

May 26

After a breach, users rarely change their passwords, and when they do, they’re often weaker

A recent study authored by CyLab researchers shows that only a minority of people change their passwords after a security breach, and those that do often change them to weaker ones.

May 22

Passwords research group awarded the 2020 Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence

A group of CyLab faculty and graduate students were just awarded the Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence for their contributions from a decade of passwords research.

May 18

Tools for reopening: Remote fever-scanning technologies

Researchers are developing affordable fever-screening technologies for buildings and first responders to detect fevers, using an algorithm to detect faces and measure temperature on the forehead.

May 18

Five CMU security and privacy papers awarded IEEE’s Test of Time award

Five papers co-authored by Carnegie Mellon researchers presented at past IEEE Security & Privacy (S&P) symposia more than fifteen years ago were awarded IEEE’s Test-of-Time Award at this week’s annual conference.

Apr 30

Online status indicators during a pandemic: do they work?

People working from home have been using online status indicators to check whether their co-workers are available, but recent CyLab research shows that these indicators lead to some strange behaviors.

Apr 30

Yağan receives emergency NSF grant to help fight COVID-19

ECE’s Osman Yağan seeks to understand the spread of coronavirus and how public health measures can reduce that spread.

Apr 29

Provably-secure code incorporated into Linux kernel

This month, code from the provably correct and secure “EverCrypt” cryptographic library, which CyLab’s Bryan Parno and his team helped develop and release last year, was officially incorporated into the Linux kernel — the core of the Linux operating system.

Apr 15

Q&A with Lujo Bauer

Many Americans are entering their fifth of working remotely, which has resulted in new paradigms in their own and their employers’ cybersecurity and privacy. CyLab's Lujo Bauer has been monitoring the situation.

Apr 14

Managing necessary bias in AI

Some biases in AI might be necessary to satisfy critical business requirements, but how do we know if an AI recommendation is biased strictly for business necessities and not other reasons?

Apr 08

Q&A with Lorrie Cranor

As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, CyLab director Lorrie Cranor says there are number issues related to privacy and cybersecurity that people need to be aware of.

Apr 02

Q&A with Vyas Sekar

As huge swaths of the world have shifted to remote work in response to COVID-19, CyLab's Vyas Sekar thinks that enterprises need to be thinking very critically about the security of their networks – maybe more now than ever.

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