2022

Sep 27

A new initiative to drive financial inclusion in Africa Opens in new window

Funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will bring together academia, government, and the private sector to make digital financial services more accessible.

Sep 15

New model provides smishing protection in Swahili Opens in new window

Research about smishing (SMS phishing) from CMU-Africa and the Nelson Mandela Institute of Science and Technology was recently published in IEEE Access.

Sep 12

CyLab names 2022 Presidential Fellows

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

Sep 09

Study reveals third-party tracking abundant on abortion clinic sites

A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals over 99 percent of abortion clinic web pages include third-party tracking, putting the privacy of those visiting these websites at risk.

Sep 08

Transformational growth at CMU-Africa Opens in new window

A historic partnership with the Mastercard Foundation will expand the engineering and technology, research, and entrepreneurship programs at CMU-Africa, helping to strengthen Africa’s technology, innovation, and research ecosystem.

Aug 30

picoCTF celebrates competition winners at annual award ceremony

Over 18,000 people hacked their way through Carnegie Mellon’s annual cybersecurity competition in 2022, including more than 6,000 middle and high school students. The event saw players from all 50 U.S. States and 169 countries, who worked through 65 increasingly difficult challenges as they looked to take home this year’s crown.

Aug 26

Eliminating algorithmic complexity attacks

Nirav Atre, a Ph.D. student in CMU's Computer Science Department and member of the CyLab Institute for Security and Privacy, has developed an algorithm guaranteed to protect network systems against algorithmic complexity attacks.

Aug 24

CMU hosts public hearing on cybersecurity and blockchain

Government officials, academics, and Industry leaders gathered at Mill 19 to discuss the impact of cybersecurity and blockchain on government operations. Associate Professor Ariel Zetlin-Jones explained how Carnegie Mellon’s Secure Blockchain Initiative is poised to lead the way in blockchain research and education.

Aug 14

Carnegie Mellon's hacking team wins DEF CON CTF

Carnegie Mellon showed off its computer security talent by winning DEF CON’s Capture the Flag competition, the “Superbowl of hacking,” for the sixth time.

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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