The District’s email system, it turns out, has a lot more verboten words than that: 42. A test email from The Post with one of the offending terms to a dc.gov email address brought a bounceback notice. … Justin Cappos, an assistant professor of systems and security at New York University [Tandon School of Engineering],...
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Fox 5 Report: WikiLeaks Revelation of CIA Documents and Personal Device Vulnerabilities, Featuring Professor Justin Cappos (at 3.14)
Justin Cappos speaks with Ernie Anastos, news anchor for Fox 5 News about CIA documents revealed by WikiLeaks, and vulnerabilities of consumer devices. “It’s concerning to me that there is this big warehouse of information on weaknesses that were not disclosed to the vendors of these products, that is now available to hackers and people...
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WikiLeaks to Help Shield Tech Firms From CIA’s Hacking Tools, Featuring Professor Justin Cappos (video)
This could be the largest breach of U.S. intelligence in recent history: thousands of documents posted by WikiLeaks that it claims were stolen from the CIA revealing the agency’s playbook for hacking.
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WikiLeaks Says it Will Work with Tech Firms to Defeat CIA Hacking
WikiLeaks will work with technology companies to help defend them against the CIA’s hacking tools, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said. … Justin Cappos, a computer security professor in New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, said any group that had this information first — whether it was WikiLeaks or a government agency — should have...
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Fox 5 Report: WikiLeaks Publishes 1000s of CIA Cyber-Espionage Documents, Featuring Professor Justin Cappos (video)
WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents that it says come from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, a dramatic release that appears to give an eye-opening look at the intimate details of the agency’s cyberespionage effort.
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Zachary K. Goldman discusses United States v. Jay Michaud and cyber vulnerabilities
In Gizmodo, Zachary K. Goldman comments on the latest developments in United States v. Jay Michaud. “This doesn’t mean that the FBI’s investigation was unjust or unjustified…It’s the exact opposite. The FBI is placing paramount importance on preserving the ability to use this technique in the future.”
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Donald Trump’s allegations: how wiretap warrants work
NYU Center for Cybersecurity Distinguished Fellow Raj De comments on the process behind a FISA warrant, which has been drawn into the spotlight after Donald Trump’s charge that his presidential campaign was illegally wiretapped.
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Renters and Sellers Beware of Scammers
If you are trying to sell your home, don’t be surprised if someone comes knocking at your door and asks if it’s for rent… That’s because scammers are stealing house for sale listings and putting them up on Craigslist as rentals. (Article based on research by Professor Damon McCoy)
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Vice President Mike Pence used an AOL email account as governor – and was hacked
Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account that was later compromised while serving as governor of Indiana, his office confirmed on Thursday…”The fact that these emails are stored in a private AOL account is crazy to me,” Justin Cappos, a computer security professor at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, told Indy...
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Mike Pence Used His AOL Email For Official Business as Indiana's Governor—And It Got Hacked
Vice President Mike Pence routinely used a private email address to conduct political affairs as governor of Indiana, according to the Indianapolis Star….“It’s one thing to have an AOL account and use it to send birthday cards to grandkids,’ said Justin Cappos, a computer security professor at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. ‘But...