Category: <span>CCS News</span>

After years of neglect, the antivirus industry has finally begun to recognize stalkerware’s danger and flag the apps as malicious. … But antivirus alone may not be enough, one group of researchers at Cornell Tech and NYU warned me. … The researchers documented the prevalence of those tracking apps in a study last year, based...

Research discussed in this article was led by Nasir Memon, professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Tandon. … Researchers at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering have proposed implanting a type of digital watermark using a neural network that can spot manipulated photos and videos. The idea is to embed the system...

Consumer data is incredibly valuable. Businesses are using more sophisticated methods to secretly gather that data and increase their profits. How much do they know about us, and what is being done to protect consumer information in New York and Connecticut? Our guests: … Justin Cappos, Ph.D., associate professor, computer science, NYU Tandon School of...

Michail Maniatakos is a global network assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYU Tandon. Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have designed a co-processor that relies on partially homomorphic encrypted (PHE) execution, enabling it to perform computations directly on encrypted data. … The project is led by NYUAD assistant professor...

… Bulky and heavy lead-acid batteries are still the norm in most cars and trucks. These hefty batteries, which consume over 80% of global lead production, take up space in vehicles and — because of their weight — have a deleterious effect on fuel efficiency. … Researchers, supported by a grant from the National Academies...

… Researchers at NYU Tandon propose a way to protect digital images and videos from misleading manipulation with an authenticating watermark. … “Unlike previously used watermarking techniques, these AI-learned artifacts can reveal not only the existence of photo manipulations, but also their character,” said Paweł Korus, a research assistant professor in the Department of Computer...

… Designs for entire parts are stored as single computer files on IT systems, so, like any other connected entity, manufacturers using 3D printing are vulnerable to compromise … Speaking to The Chemical Engineer, cybersecurity experts and materials engineers at New York’s Tandon School of Engineering said malicious action could take two forms. One is...

This project is focused on improving the transparency of online political advertising. Our goals are to build tools to collect and archive political advertising data. We will make publically available our data collection tools and raw data collected to enable analysis of online political advertising by anyone interested. Facebook political advertising varied widely from state...

… There are a number of ideas floating around as to how to best combat the spread of fake imagery, but new research from New York University computer scientists Pawel Korus and Nasir Memon suggests the process has to start at the point of capture, through the use of AI-powered watermarking embedded into cameras and...

Facebook has rolled out two key tools to increase transparency in response to Russian influence operations and the Cambridge Analytica data breach. … Damon McCoy was among the first researchers to use early versions of both tools. His team at New York University began scraping the ad archive, which initially included only political ads, in...