Comodo researchers recently uncovered a new ransomware campaign that launched on August 9, targeting tens of thousands of victims with a simple email delivering just an attachment and no text. … At Black Hat USA 2017 last month, researchers presented the results of a study by Google, Chainalysis, UC San Diego and the NYU Tandon...
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Blockchain AI Researchers Link Specific Bitcoin Wallets to Sex Workers
Damon McCoy, an NYU Tandon assistant professor of computer science and engineering and one of the paper’s co-authors, explained that combining these techniques to identify sex ads by both author and Bitcoin owner represents a considerable advancement in assisting law enforcement and nonprofit organizations. “There are hundreds of thousands of these ads placed every year,...
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Follow the Bitcoin to Find Victims of Human Trafficking
A team of university researchers has devised the first automated techniques to identify ads potentially tied to human trafficking rings and link them to public information from Bitcoin — the primary payment method for online sex ads. This is the first step toward developing a suite of freely available tools to help police and nonprofit...
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Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi's Center for Cyber Security Have Developed an Unhackable Computer Chip
Landmark achievements in IT security are happening at NYU Abu Dhabi [Center for Cyber Security]. For the first time, researchers developed a computer chip with security implemented at the lowest possible level, the hardware level. “Logic-locked” chips can’t be hacked or copied, providing future users with new guarantees of security for their devices. (Video)
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Google Rolls Out Important Update for Gmail on iOS – Here’s Why You Should Download It
The update fixes a major security loophole which was discovered earlier this year that allowed hackers to send users an email with a Google Doc attachment, which contained a phishing malware. … “This is a very serious situation for anybody who is infected because the victims have their accounts controlled by a malicious party,” said...
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Fake news on agenda at IIT Kanpur's global cyber security competition
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) is gearing up to host an international-level cyber security competition in collaboration with institutions based in the US, Israel and other countries…This would be the second edition of the world’s biggest student-run cyber security event, Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW), which was founded 14 years ago by the...
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Trump Hotels Hacked – Again
For the third time in three years, 14 Trump properties have had security breaches exposing customer credit card information. … “It seems very negligent that this could happen a number of times,” Justin Cappos, associate professor of systems and security at New York University, told the Washington Post. “These patterns of oversight are a huge...
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A Participant in the Cybersecurity Summer Faculty Program Goes on to Win NSF Career Award
Qiaoyan Yu, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of New Hampshire, recently received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for her development of proactive methods of defending the integrity and security of chips…“While this well-deserved accomplishment is all her own,” Ramesh Karri, a Professor of Electrical and Computer...
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World's Biggest Student-Led Cyber Security Games Expand to Israel
The world’s biggest student-run cyber security event will get even bigger this year: Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW), founded 14 years ago by the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, announced it will expand to Israel, which will become the fifth country to host the final rounds of competitions that test the skills of...
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Fingerprint to Fly?
…Computers that store personal information about Delta’s customers, including fingerprints, could be hacked. And unlike a stolen password that can be changed, a fingerprint is indelible. … “With a password, you can just change it and move on with your life. You can’t do that with fingerprints,” said Nasir Memon, a professor of computer science...