A 2015 paper based on research conducted by NYU CCS faculty in Brooklyn and Abu Dhabi was selected for inclusion in the 2020 “Top Picks in Hardware and Embedded Security” session at the International Conference on Computer Aided Design, held November 2-5. “ConFirm: Detecting Firmware Modifications in Embedded Systems using Hardware Performance Counters” is based...
Author: Lois Anne DeLong (Lois Anne DeLong)
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Cappos Comments on Cyber Threats to Hospitals
During these Covid days, one of the most vulnerable sectors in terms of cybersecurity is the health care industry—a market already coping with materials shortages and a new wave of infections. On October 28, the FBI Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a joint warning...
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“Signing Ceremony” Marks Start of TUF/PyPI Deployment via PEP 458
On October 30 at 11:15 AM, the Python Software Foundation live-streamed a special ceremony that marked the first practical steps in deploying The Update Framework (TUF) to The Python Package Index (PyPI). With this ceremony, a key was generated that bootstraps the TUF secure software update technology—a Linux Foundation project overseen by NYU Tandon Associate Professor Justin Cappos—to...
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CPS & IoT Workshop Chaired by NYU Abu Dhabi Professor Streams November 9
The Joint Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems Security and Privacy & IoT Security (CPSIoTSec’20) will stream on November 9, from 10:00 to 5:30 p.m. The workshop, which is part of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security 2020, will feature presentations in three sessions, including one devoted to case studies and demonstrations. The program is...
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Tandon Researchers Warn: 3-D Printed Materials are Vulnerable to Learning-Assisted Reverse Engineering Techniques
An October 1, 2020 article in Materials Today carries a warning about the burgeoning use of additive manufacturing technologies: the very ease of manufacturing composite parts via 3D printing also makes it very easy for counterfeiters to copy parts and to steal trade secrets from them. The story reports that creative hackers have been using...
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Media Seeks out Tandon’s “Transparency” Experts as 2020 Election Grows Near
For the past few years Dr. Damon McCoy, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Tandon, and Ph.D. candidate Laura Edelson have been shedding light on the people behind political advertising through the Online Political Transparency Project of the Center for Cybersecurity. In doing so, both have become sought after commentators in...
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ZScaler Shares Access to its Zero Trust Exchange with NYU Cyber Fellows Program
Thanks to a new partnership with Zscaler, a San Jose-based cloud security company, participants in NYU Tandon’s Cyber Fellows program will be able to gain practical, first-hand knowledge of secure access service edge (SASE) and zero trust best practices. Under the terms of the partnership, students in the Master’s level cybersecurity program will be able to...
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Tandon Researchers Advance Transparency in Political Advertising with “Observatory” Launch
For the past few years Dr. Damon McCoy, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Tandon, and Ph.D. candidate Laura Edelson have been shedding light on the people behind political advertising through their work on the Online Political Transparency Project . Building on this previous work, NYU Tandon announced on September 15 the...
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Cappos Affirms Need for Secure Software Updates in Several Media Appearances
NYU Tandon Associate Professor Dr. Justin Cappos has been called on a number of times in the past few weeks to comment on cybersecurity issues, from the impact of children returning to remote learning to ongoing concerns about potential attacks on automotive control units. While the news hook for each of these media appearances varied,...
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CCS Faculty Awarded NSF Grant to Develop Container Security Strategy
Dr. Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, an assistant professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at NYU Tandon, will serve as principal investigator on a $1.2 million dollar grant recently awarded by the National Science Foundation. Under the four-year grant, Dolan-Gavitt will work with his CSE colleague, Dr. Justin Cappos, to develop a strategy to secure containers...