A cleverly simple vibration sensor made of a loop of thin fiber-optic cable and a fixed wavelength laser promises to take cost out of turbine-blade maintenance by letting owners spot problems as they occur. The device, already with two patents, won $150,000 for further development in New York’s PowerBridge competition. “This will let us form...
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NYU and NY Cyber Command team up to offer cheap cybersecurity education and training
Earlier this year NYU Tandon School of Engineering and New York’s Cyber Command (NYC3) joined forces to announce one of the country’s most affordable Cybersecurity Master’s Degree in the form of its NY Cyber Fellows program. The program was developed to answer Mayor Bill de Blasio’s New York Works initiative to add 10,000 cybersecurity experts...
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That cheap beach vacation rental on Craigslist could be a scam
according to a 2016 study from New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering.
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Inside New York City Cyber Command
A government agency most people know nothing about that’s leading America’s biggest city into the future.
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When Studying Doxing Gets You Doxed
Doxing is a particular form of this harassment in which a victim’s private information is publicly released with the intent of exacting revenge, seeking justice or intimidating the individual. … Unfortunately, doxing can happen to anyone. It even happened to me; following the release of our study, my colleagues and I experienced doxing firsthand. Our...
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Ransomware payments, blockchain and cryptoexchanges
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.
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Study exposes murky ecosystem of ransomware payments
…in May, Damon McCoy, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and a team…
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As Cities Get High-Tech, Hackers Become More Dangerous
…as once an hour. “It’s somewhat surprising it doesn’t happen more,” says Justin Cappos, a NYU computer science professor who…
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NYU Professor Finds $16 Million Impact of Ransomware
A recent study co-authored by NYU Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Tandon School of Engineering Damon McCoy found that ransomware — a type of computer software which encrypts users’ files and does not return them unless payment has been made — has generated approximately $16 million from over 20,000 victims of...
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CYBERSECURITY LECTURE DEBUNKS MYTHS OF FIELD
NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Cybersecurity Lecture Series recently hosted the 10th lecture in its series, which brings together some of the top experts and tech professionals to speak on the latest advances and issues within cybersecurity. Now sponsored by finance and insurance corporation AIG, the lecture comes on the heels of recent global cyber-attacks...