2023

Sep 26

Newly discovered side-channel attack side steps current defense mechanisms

In a recent study, co-authored by Carnegie Mellon Software and Societal Systems Assistant Professor Riccardo Paccagnella, he and fellow researchers have uncovered a new type of side-channel attack, dubbed GPU.zip, which exploits software-transparent uses of compression.

Sep 19

Sriraman and Sharif receive Intel’s 2023 Rising Star Faculty Award

ECE Assistant Professor Akshitha Sriraman and CMU Alumnus and Senior Lecturer at Tel Aviv University Mahmood Sharif have received Intel's 2023 Rising Star Faculty Award for their novel work in electrical and computer engineering.

Sep 13

Researchers develop adversarial training methods to improve machine learning-based malware detection software

Professor Lujo Bauer and a team of researchers investigate the effectiveness of using adversarial training methods to create malware detection models that are more robust to some of the state-of-the-art attacks.

Aug 24

Aaron Roth receives 2023 CyLab Distinguished Alumni Award

Aaron Roth, the Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer Science and Cognitive Science at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named CyLab’s 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient.

Aug 23

Five unique cybersecurity challenges in Africa Opens in new window

CMU-Africa’s Assane Gueye has identified five cybersecurity challenges that Africa faces on the path to a digital future.

Aug 21

CyLab names 2023 Presidential Fellows

Each year, CyLab recognizes high-achieving Ph.D. students pursuing security and/or privacy-related research, with a CyLab Presidential Fellowship, covering an entire year of tuition.

Aug 13

Carnegie Mellon’s hacking team wins 7th DEF CON Capture-the-Flag title

The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon University’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), was back at it again, as the team defended its title, earning its seventh victory in the past eleven years.

Aug 09

CyLab faculty, students to present at the 32nd USENIX Security Symposium

Carnegie Mellon faculty and students will present on a wide range of topics at the 32nd USENIX Security Symposium. Held in Anaheim, CA, on August 9-11, the event brings together experts from around the world, who will highlight the latest advances in the security and privacy of computer systems and networks.

Aug 07

CyLab researchers present their work at 2023 SOUPS

Carnegie Mellon faculty and students shared their research at the 2023 Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS).

Jul 27

Researchers discover new vulnerability in large language models

Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, and the Center for AI Safety in San Francisco have developed an attack that can bypass security measures of large language models. Their method enables chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Bard, to generate objectionable content at high success rates.

Jul 18

CyLab presents at White House's launch of new Cyber Trust mark

Carnegie Mellon's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute met with government officials and technology industry leaders, as the White House launched its new Cyber Trust mark. Associate Professor Yuvraj Agarwal represented CMU at the event, sharing key findings from CyLab’s five plus years of IoT security and privacy label research.

Jul 11

picoCTF-Africa sees significant growth in competition’s second year Opens in new window

In just its second year, the cybersecurity hacking competition saw over 1250 students, as the number of female participants doubled, and the number of high school participants increased by more than 365 percent. Additionally, four teams finished in the top 50 on picoCTF’s global leaderboard, demonstrating the initiative’s immediate impact.

Media Mentions