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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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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...

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The True Cyber Crime? – Failing to Collaborate

Cybersecurity Quarterly – Spring 2018 By Nasir Memon, Associate Dean of Online Learning of NYU Tandon School of Engineering. With the exponential growth of the Internet of Things and the digital threats to our very democracy in the news on a daily basis, the need for cybersecurity experts is self-evident. …  At New York University...