Author: Emerald Knox (Emerald Knox)

C4ISRNET The use of 3-D printing in the military is becoming more commonplace, and as a result experts are emphasizing the importance of treating 3-D printers like the hackable machines they are. While a 3-D printer’s capability for experimental on-site manufacturing is far more futuristic than a traditional Wi-Fi enabled printer, the hardware is as...

Futurity New research brings the murky ecosystem of ransomware payments into focus. Ransomware attacks, which encrypt and hold a computer user’s files hostage in exchange for payment, extort millions of dollars from individuals each month and comprise one of the fastest-growing forms of cyber attack. … Damon McCoy, assistant professor of computer science and engineering...

Enterprise Times The murky ecosystem of ransomware payments comes into focus in new research led by Damon McCoy, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. … Amongst the most striking findings are: the discovery that South Koreans are disproportionately impacted by ransomware campaigns. … Most ransomware operators...

Researchers from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering have studied ransomware payments learning that $16 million in ransomware payments have been tracked in the past two years by researchers with South Korea paying about $2.5 million as the country has been hard hit by the impact of ransomware. … ‘Ransomware operators ultimately direct bitcoin to...

Carbonite – Breach (podcast series) Damon McCoy, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Tandon at 19:18. … In this episode of Breach, we attempt to connect the dots between the Yahoo security breach, the DNC hack and efforts to undermine the U.S. presidential election on social media. And while we didn’t find...

Interview with Justin Cappos, associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering at NYU Tandon, at 7:50. “Certainly as these systems get more and more complex there are more and more opportunities for hackers,” said Cappos. “It’s not clear whether having cars that drive themselves or have advanced safety systems are more at risk or less...

On behalf of the NYU School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE), we would like to invite you to our upcoming conference, Global Cyber Threats: Corporate and Governmental Challenges to Protecting Private Data on April 6, 2018 at the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, 9th Floor, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street, New York,...