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Category: Press Highlights
Boffins Design Security Chip to Spot Hidden Hardware Trojans in Processors
Scientists at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering have designed a new form of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designed to spot hidden vulnerabilities deep within a processor’s design.
Self-Checking Chip Hunts Out its Own Defects, Signs of Sabotage
In a bid to mitigate risks from malicious circuitry, researchers have designed a chip solution which comprises an embedded moduel to verify calculations and an external module to validate initial proofs.
Researchers Design Chip that Identifies Defects, Monitors Performance
A team of researchers has designed a new solution to malicious circuitry in device chips. The team’s chip contains an embedded module that monitors its own computations and flags defects before attackers can sabotage devices.
How Adware Invades Your Computer and Steals Your Personal Data
Researchers from New York University and Google teamed up to figure out just how adware operates on a user’s computer.
Borough President Eric Adams Asks Students to Design Smarter Guns
City Tech and NYU Tandon School of Engineering have already agreed to participate in the $1 million competition.
Push to tackle online 'booter' services
Teenagers are behind many of the web attacks that cripple websites and knock people offline, suggests an FBI study.
Adware Turns a Tidy Profit for Those Who Sneak it into Downloads
Perpetrators are deliberately evading protections, say researchers from Google and NYU.
Google Finds Hijacking, Ad Injection Remain Major Problems
Google researchers worked with experts at New York University (NYU) to analyze deceptive installation practices of unwanted ad injectors that insert ads into Web pages, and browser setting hijackers that change search settings without the content of the user.
3D printing security risk caused by undetectable defects, and ways to prevent it
3D printing hacks could lead to recalls, lawsuits, property damage, and even put people in danger, researchers find. They present two ways to stave off this security threat.