On October 30 at 11:15 AM, the Python Software Foundation live-streamed a special ceremony that marked the first practical steps in deploying The Update Framework (TUF) to The Python Package Index (PyPI). With this ceremony, a key was generated that bootstraps the TUF secure software update technology—a Linux Foundation project overseen by NYU Tandon Associate Professor Justin Cappos—to...
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Tandon Researchers Warn: 3-D Printed Materials are Vulnerable to Learning-Assisted Reverse Engineering Techniques
An October 1, 2020 article in Materials Today carries a warning about the burgeoning use of additive manufacturing technologies: the very ease of manufacturing composite parts via 3D printing also makes it very easy for counterfeiters to copy parts and to steal trade secrets from them. The story reports that creative hackers have been using...
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Media Seeks out Tandon’s “Transparency” Experts as 2020 Election Grows Near
For the past few years Dr. Damon McCoy, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Tandon, and Ph.D. candidate Laura Edelson have been shedding light on the people behind political advertising through the Online Political Transparency Project of the Center for Cybersecurity. In doing so, both have become sought after commentators in...
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Cappos Affirms Need for Secure Software Updates in Several Media Appearances
NYU Tandon Associate Professor Dr. Justin Cappos has been called on a number of times in the past few weeks to comment on cybersecurity issues, from the impact of children returning to remote learning to ongoing concerns about potential attacks on automotive control units. While the news hook for each of these media appearances varied,...
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CyberSTRIKE Exercise Shows Off NYC Resilience
The annual Cyber Simulated Threat Response and Incident Knowledge Exercise, or Cyber STRIKE, conducted in conjunction with New York City Cyber Command, took on a slightly different twist this year. The training exercise, completed by a team of Cyber Fellows from the NYU Center for Cybersecurity, used a city-run cyber range to test their ability...
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Whitepaper Underscores Uptane’s Role in Securing Automobiles
Airbiquity, a company that designs and develops over-the-air delivery systems for vehicles, recently released a white paper on the importance of securing such systems. The focal point of the document is how its OTAmatic™ update product, working with Uptane, an open source, compromise-resilient update framework for cars, can provide this security. The document establishes why...
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Dvorkin weighs in on power company performance after Isaias
Hurricane Isaias took its toll on the greater NYC area, leaving about a million customers without power. While acts of nature may be unavoidable, the real source of frustration to those left in the dark was the inaction and lack of communication from their respective power companies. Yury Dvorkin, an assistant professor of electrical and...
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Greenstadt Featured in Premiere of RIT Security Podcast
NYU Tandon Associate Professor Rachel Greenstadt was the inaugural guest on a new podcast series from the Global Cybersecurity Institute at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Posted on August 6 on Buzzsprout.com, the 40-minute interview covered how she got started in the area of cybersecurity, and how she has used machine learning to identify privacy...
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Chips vs. Strip: NYU team Explains Why U.S. Credit Card Fraud Persists
While the introduction of computer chips in bank and credit cards has greatly reduced the risk of fraud in other parts of the world, it is still alive and well in the U.S.A. in part due to slow adoption of this technology by banks and merchants. But, even cards with chips are vulnerable if their...
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CSE Ph.D. Student Featured in Wired Article “Hacker Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty”
Nick Renner, a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at NYU Tandon, was interviewed for a Wired magazine feature in which security researcher Samy Kamkar explains the concept of computer hacking at five different levels of comprehension—child to expert programmer. Renner, who works with Dr. Justin Cappos in the Secure Systems Lab at Tandon,...