Author: Lois Anne DeLong (Lois Anne DeLong)

Nick Renner, a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at NYU Tandon, was interviewed for a Wired magazine feature in which security researcher Samy Kamkar explains the concept of computer hacking at five different levels of comprehension—child to expert programmer. Renner, who works with Dr. Justin Cappos in the Secure Systems Lab at Tandon,...

Uptane, an open and secure software update system design which protects software delivered over-the-air to the computerized units of automobiles, was profiled in a July 21 article in WardsAuto, an automotive insights and intelligence news source. The article includes quotes from Dr. Justin Cappos, one of its primary developers. The article can be read here.

Earlier this month, hackers launched an attack against the Twitter accounts of a number of high profile individuals, including Barack Obama, Kanye West, Bill Gates, Joe Biden and Elon Musk. But these accounts were not the only ones affected. A July 15 Ad Age article about the hack noted that it ended up locking down...

On June 18th, Yury Dvorkin, an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, was one of several energy experts interviewed for a news story on ABC TV about how the combination of a hot summer and a large stay at home workforce is setting the stage for...

On May 1, U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to protect the “U.S. bulk-power system”—high-voltage transmission lines, generators delivering energy to large consumption centers, and other parts of the power infrastructure —from attacks by malicious parties, including nation-state actors. While the actions detailed in this order go a long way toward addressing...

Is the popular social media app TikTok a national security threat? A July 15 Yahoo Finance article answered with a classic social media response: “It’s complicated.” The article solicited comments on the topic from several cybersecurity experts, including NYU Tandon Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Justin Cappos, who effectively summed up the thrust...

While Trump trails in the polls, his greater finesse with Facebook strategies like “microtargeting” or using Facebook data to place fundraising ads before the right people, could be a secret weapon over the next few months. Because Biden is taking a more general “one size fits all” strategy in his Facebook ad buys,  Dr. Damon...

In July, ZDNet recently put together a special feature on “Robots in the Enterprise,” which took a look at where and how robotic technology was being applied in various sectors. Quanyan Zhu, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYU Tandon, was one of several commentators to share their thoughts on...