2021

Jun 10

Internet performance during COVID not as great as many say, study shows

Internet performance suffered substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by researchers in Carnegie Mellon University published this week in the Journal of Information Policy.

Jun 07

CyLab researchers discover novel class of vehicle cyberattacks

The new class of vulnerabilities was disclosed in a new study presented at last month’s IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy, held virtually.

May 28

CMU CyLab to co-host this year’s PEPR Conference

This year’s Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) Conference will be co-hosted by CyLab and the Future of Privacy Forum, and will be held virtually June 10-11.

May 26

CyLab’s IoT security and privacy label effectively conveys risk, study finds

The study, presented at this week’s IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, helps bridge the gap between experts’ knowledge and consumers’ understanding of privacy and security risks.

May 13

CyLab researchers develop new guidance for designing privacy choices

In a new study presented at this week’s ACM CHI conference, CyLab researchers outlined a set of standards and taxonomy to help alleviate the void in guidance that still leaves privacy choices muddied for users.

May 11

Study explores privacy of prison communications

The study, which explores people’s understandings, attitudes, and reactions to prison surveillance, received an Honorable Mention award at this week’s Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) conference.

Apr 23

picoCTF announces 2021 competition winners

Last month, picoCTF, which over the course of nearly a decade has become the world’s largest online hacking competition, held its 2021 competition.

Apr 22

Carnegie Mellon CyLab partners with Rolls-Royce and Purdue

As the world continues its trend toward digitization, Carnegie Mellon University has announced the launch of a new research partnership with Rolls-Royce and Purdue University to focus on enhancing the security of embedded system platforms.

Apr 21

Former federal CISO Touhill named new director of CMU SEI CERT Division

Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute today announced the appointment of Gregory J. Touhill as director of the SEI’s CERT Division.

Apr 19

Cryptocurrency derivatives markets are booming

On a busy day, over $100 billion in these derivatives are traded, rivaling the daily volume traded in the New York Stock Exchange, according to a new study authored by Carnegie Mellon University CyLab researchers.

Apr 05

Inferring what we share by how we share Opens in new window

A new study by CyLab/MechE’s Conrad Tucker shows that patterns in which information is shared online may indicate the information’s authenticity.

Mar 31

Corina Pasareanu receives ETAPS’ Test of Time Award

Corina Pasareanu, a researcher in CyLab, has received a Test of Time Award from the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS).

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