tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837Mon, 12 May 2025 21:09:32 +0000CyLabCyBlogCyber Security NewsCyber SecurityInformation SecurityRichard PowerPrivacyMobilityRSA ConferenceAdrian PerrigVirgil GliigorLorrie CranorMobility Research CenterCUPSAlessandro AcquistiHealthcare technologyMobile HealthcareAnupam DattaRSA Conference 2009UsabilityCyLab Business Risks ForumCyLab Partners BenefitsCyLab Seminar SeriesSOUPSTIW 2010Trustworthy ComputingGary McGrawJonathan McCuneLujo BauerGlimpses into the 21st Century Threat MatrixBSIMMIEEEIEEE Security and Privacy SymposiumMartin GrissSilicon Valley CampusNorman SadehPradeep KhoslaBiometricsCarnegie Mellon Silicon ValleyCigitalEconomics of SecurityInspire Innovation -- The Campaign for Carnegie MellonMarios SavvidesNicholas ChristinRSA Conference 2010Security Awareness and EducationSoftware SecurityUSENIX Security SymposiumBehavorial EconomicsBlack Hat BriefingBlackHat BriefingsCERTCenter for Usable Privacy and SecurityChristopher BurgessCloud ComputingCormac HerleyCyberwarDavid BrumleyForensicsINIInsider ThreatInstinctive ComputingJason HongMelissa HathawayYang CaiAndroidBrian KrebsCSO MagazineCode 2600Economic EspionageEd StrozEdward SnowdenFacebookFortifyInstinctive Computing LabJennifer BayukMobile AppMoxie MarlinspikePriya NarasimhanRebecca HeroldSafeslingerSmartphoneTEDWeb Securitysocial mediaACLUAlert EnterpriseApplication SecurityBank InfoSecurityBob SullivanBrookings InstituteBrowser VulnerabilitiesBruce SchneierBusiness ContinuityCERIASCSAILChristopher SoghoianCollin JacksonComputer Security DayCrisis ManagementCyLab Partners ConferenceCyber Security Awareness MonthDan GeerData Privacy DayDigital VideoE-DiscoveryErin KenneallyF. Lynn McNultyGhostNetGlenn GreenwaldGoogleGreg GangerHeartbleedHistory of HackingIAPPIndustry AnalystsInformation Security Magazine Security Seven AwardsJames MorrisKevin PoulsenLawrence DietzLiz KingLocaccinoMetriconMichael MimosoMike SusongNGCRCNicole PerlrothNorthrop GrummanNorthrop Grumman Cybersecurity Research ConsortiumOsman YaganPatrick TaguePeter NeumannPhishingRSA Conference 2014Rik FarrowRobert LemosRoboticsSaaSSecuring the Digital HomeSensor NetworksTEDGlobalTEDxTal GlobalTwitterVerizonVirtualizationWar GamesWhite HouseWirelessYINZCAMhttp://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/noreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)Blogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-5068005596199797053Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:19:00 +00002015-07-28T11:19:14.444-07:00The CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS) 11th Annual Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) was hosted by Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada on July 22-24, 2015. CUPS Director Lorrie Cranor welcomed the attendees for three days of workshops and proceedings with participation from researchers in business, academia and government. SOUPS underlying theme every year is thehttp://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2015/07/soups-2015-usable-privacy-and-security.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-6717666288947705011Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:47:00 +00002015-01-29T12:04:36.277-08:00In "Privacy and Human Behavior in the Information Age", a review published in the Jan. 30 special issue of the journal Science, CMU CyLab's Alessandro Acquisti and a team of fellow CMU researchers have detailed the privacy hurdles people face while navigating in the information age, and offered some perspectives on what should be done about privacy at a policy level. In their review, Acquistihttp://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2015/01/new-cmu-study-highlights-challenges-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-6158238031497127194Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:31:00 +00002015-01-09T10:51:05.271-08:00 Dr. Lorrie Cranor, 10th Annual CyLab Partners Conference (October 2013) Lorrie Faith Cranor, a professor in the Institute for Software Research and director of the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Lab, is one of 47 computer scientists named as 2014 Fellows by the Association for Computing Machinery. Cranor is a professor of computer science and of engineering and public policy and is http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2015/01/cmu-cylabs-dr-lorrire-cranor-named-acm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-2414895402271588974Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:51:00 +00002014-11-20T09:02:56.554-08:00 The Fall 2014 CyLab Executive Briefing,  held at Carnegie Mellon University's Silicon Valley campus (NASA Research Park), brought together an RSVP invitation-only group of  C-level executives, thought leaders, technical experts, venture capitalists, government investigators and one cyber journalist (with an exclusive) for an update from one of the world's premiere cyber security and http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/11/cylab-researchers-engage-silicon-valley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-1834469399489620198Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:43:00 +00002014-11-06T11:56:24.350-08:00 Student Poster Session, 11th Annual CyLab Partners Conference (October 2014) The eleventh annual CyLab Partners Conference was held at the main campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 7th and 8th, 2014. For two days, representatives of a dozen partners were briefed on CyLab's latest research across of broad spectrum of vital issues in the fields of http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/10/2014-cylab-partners-conference-explores.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-7552717561191101345Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:52:00 +00002014-08-28T08:34:36.665-07:00USENIX Security Symposium As with other leading conferences in the vital fields of cyber security and privacy, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) CyLab researchers distinguished themselves at USENIX Security 2014, the 23rd USENIX Security Symposium, held in San Diego, California, 8/20/14-8/22/14. Three hundred fifty papers were submitted to the USENIX program committee, and the ensuing process, which involved 1,340 http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/08/cmu-cylab-researcher-wins-usenix.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-8190695413510418092Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:20:00 +00002014-08-22T23:48:31.045-07:00 Members of CMU CyLab's Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP) Carnegie Mellon University demonstrated its cyber prowess at DEFCON 22 by winning the “Capture the Flag” and “Crack Me If You Can” contests ... Carnegie Mellon’s computer hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), took first place for the second consecutive year in the Capture the Flag (CTF) contest. Globally, hundreds of teamshttp://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/08/cmu-cylab-ppp-and-cups-teams-win.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-1261400749047648477Sun, 13 Jul 2014 22:49:00 +00002014-07-17T07:15:02.027-07:00ACLUAlessandro AcquistiChristopher SoghoianCUPSCyber SecurityCyLabEdward SnowdenFacebookGlenn GreenwaldGoogleIAPPJason HongLorrie CranorNorman SadehPrivacySOUPS CMU CyLab's Dr. Lorrie Cranor, Founder of CUPS and SOUPS preps for welcoming remarks at SOUPS 2014 The CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS) 10th Annual Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) was hosted by Facebook at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California (7/9/14 - 7/11/14). CUPS Director Lorrie Cranor welcomed the attendees, with the record-breaking http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/07/a-decade-into-its-vital-work-savory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-1830634041752185118Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:16:00 +00002014-06-26T08:57:04.242-07:00 A Sundial in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France (Source: Wikimedia) NOTE: This CyLab Chronicles is cross-posted on both the Carnegie Mellon CyLab public site and the CyLab partners-only portal. - See more at: http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/#sthash.e9Z6CBOz.dpuf The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced "a five-year, $4 million award to tackle the challenge of synchronizing http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/06/cylab-researchers-in-5-year-nsf-funded.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-2153051098267708088Mon, 09 Jun 2014 19:39:00 +00002014-06-17T09:55:23.586-07:00Anupam DattaPrivacy NOTE: This CyLab Chronicles is cross-posted on both the Carnegie Mellon CyLab public site and the CyLab partners-only portal. Anupam Datta is an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and a leading researcher at CMU CyLab. CyLab Chronicles recently sat down with him to discuss his team's latest successes and the future direction of their vital research. Here is our http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/06/cylab-chronicles-anupam-datta-on-impact.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-5167355837615771344Thu, 22 May 2014 20:16:00 +00002014-05-25T10:06:38.761-07:00Adrian PerrigAnupam DattaCyber SecurityCyLabIEEEIEEE Security and Privacy SymposiumLujo BauerVirgil Gliigor Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy (1773) Another challenging year in cyber security and privacy means another compelling IEEE Security and Privacy Symposium, and another compelling IEEE Security and Privacy Symposium means another significant contribution from Carnegie Mellon University CyLab. This year, three hundred and thirty three papers were submitted.http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/05/ieee-security-and-privacy-symposium.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-4523014926846300145Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:48:00 +00002014-04-17T07:26:08.814-07:00AndroidCyber SecurityCyLabHeartbleedInformation SecurityMobility Heartbleed is a significant event along the cyber security timeline. Its consequences will be with us all for quite awhile. If you haven't already come to grips with this issue, you should do so urgently. For some guidance go to http://heartbleed.com/ To verify if a particular server is vulnerable, go to: http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/ For a command-line tool, go to: https://github.com/http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/04/cylab-research-sheds-light-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-6750208461595017305Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:14:00 +00002014-04-16T08:36:44.916-07:00Anupam DattaCyLabCyLab Seminar SeriesPrivacy The CyLab Seminar Series is held on Mondays during the school year, at CyLab HQ on the main campus of Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA.) These weekly talks feature the latest research from CyLab faculty and visiting colleagues from other centers of academic research into cyber security and privacy. Occasional Business Risk Forum events introduce the insights of cybersecurity and http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/03/new-on-cylab-youtube-channel-anupam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-1822070194074955327Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:08:00 +00002014-04-16T08:36:28.092-07:00Cyber SecurityCyLabCyLab Seminar SeriesOsman YaganSensor NetworksWireless The CyLab Seminar Series is held on Mondays during the school year, at CyLab HQ on the main campus of Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA.) These weekly talks feature the latest research from CyLab faculty and visiting colleagues from other centers of academic research into cyber security and privacy. Occasional Business Risk Forum events introduce the insights of cybersecurity and http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/03/new-on-cylab-youtube-channel-osman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-3379280034368160319Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:29:00 +00002014-04-16T08:36:08.600-07:00Brian KrebsBSIMMCyber SecurityDan GeerEdward SnowdenF. Lynn McNultyGary McGrawKevin PoulsenNicole PerlrothRSA ConferenceRSA Conference 2014 Dan Geer: "We are all intelligence officers now." (RSA Conference 2014) Descending Into the Maelstrom -- Notes on RSA Conference 2014 By Richard Power     I confess that I was tempted to simply go to Trustycon instead. But from a historical perspective, I could not resist the bitter ironies that RSA Conference 2014 offered up. After all, I had been there, two decades earlier, http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/03/descending-into-maelstrom-notes-on-rsa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-4380470160776194977Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:48:00 +00002014-02-03T13:58:26.381-08:00 White House Privacy official Nicole Wang with host CUPS Director Lorrie Cranor on CMU Data Privacy Day, January 29th, 2014 Nicole Wong, a veteran of Google and Twitter who last year became the White House's Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer (CTO), was keynote speaker for Carnegie Mellon University's Data Privacy Day program on Jan. 29. Data Privacy Day is a global event held each year tohttp://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/02/white-house-chief-privacy-officer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-1998449834682213589Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:18:00 +00002014-01-29T09:01:15.873-08:00 In recognition of his pioneering work, Carnegie Mellon University CyLab researcher David Brumley, has received both a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) and a Sloan Research Fellowship. And now, the mainstream media has discovered Brumley and his Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP) team of CMU students. On October 26, 2013 (with repeat airing on January 19, http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2014/01/cylabs-david-brumley-and-his-student.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-1778270737197732336Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:21:00 +00002014-01-29T09:10:24.032-08:00 With a three-year, $1.9 million grant from the Department of Energy, CMU CyLab's Anthony Rowe and fellow researcher Mario Berges are developing sensor networks and an open-source software platform to optimize energy use in buildings, which annually consume 39 percent of total U.S. energy production. CyLab's Anthony Rowe The project builds on results from a larger research effort to integratehttp://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2013/12/cylabs-anthony-rowe-and-fellow-cmu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-1637946999307883376Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:41:00 +00002014-01-29T09:10:37.292-08:00 Two recent news items underscore CyLab's vital role in contributing to the future of cyber security and privacy. CyLab Researchers Work To Make Commercial Technologies Secure for Defense Department  Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University CyLab and the University of Pennsylvania have received a four-year, $3.9 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2013/11/cylab-researchers-work-to-make.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-3596199217688894088Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:23:00 +00002014-01-29T09:10:49.544-08:00 The 2013 Annual CyLab Partners Conference was held October 1st and October 2nd, on the main campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. 2013 CyLab Partners Conference For many of us working in and with CyLab it was a particularly poignant one. It marked the tenth anniversary of this world class cyber security and privacy research program. And for those who know what to look forhttp://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2013/11/cylab-chronicles-cylab-leans-forward-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-6204911045540682552Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:27:00 +00002014-01-29T09:11:00.053-08:00Alessandro AcquistiPrivacysocial mediaTEDTEDGlobalCyLab researcher Alessandro Acquisti spoke on Why Privacy Matters at TEDGlobal 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland, June 10-14. Here is the video ... Some Related Links CyLab's Alessandro Acquisti & Co-Authors Release 7 Year Study on Evolution of Facebook Privacy and Disclosure CyLab Researchers Featured on CBS Sixty Minutes CyLab's Alessandro Acquisti at TEDx Mid-Atlantic CyLab's http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2013/10/cylabs-alessandro-acquisti-on-why.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-2986631499937638990Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:26:00 +00002014-01-29T09:11:33.041-08:00CUPSLorrie CranorLujo BauerSOUPSUsability CyLab graduate student Cristian Bravo Lillo presents at SOUPS 2013 The ninth annual Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2013) was held July 9th through July 11th at Northumbria University (Newcastle, U.K.). Lorrie Cranor, Director of CyLab Usable Privacy and Security (CUPS), chaired the conference, and CyLab Associate Research Professior Lujo Bauer served as technical papers http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2013/07/cylab-graduate-student-cristian-bravo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-5627607406824904979Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:22:00 +00002014-01-29T09:11:47.095-08:00 CyLab's Dr. Lorrie Cranor delivered the keynote for the 13th Annual Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (Bloomington, Indiana), Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Dr. Cranor is Director of the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS) and co-director of the MSIT-Privacy Engineering masters program and Associate Professor of Computer Science and of Engineering and Public Policy at http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2013/07/cylabs-dr-lorrie-cranor-keynotes-13th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-8361591361280422790Thu, 23 May 2013 16:17:00 +00002014-05-23T23:30:48.234-07:00Adrian PerrigAnupam DattaCyber SecurityCyLabIEEEIEEE Security and Privacy SymposiumJonathan McCuneLujo BauerVirgil Gliigor Min Suk Kang with fellow CyLab grad student, after presenting The Crossfire Attack at 34th Annual IEEE Security & Privacy Symposium (May 2013, San Francisco). The 34th annual IEEE Security and Privacy Symposium was held May 19-22 2013, in downtown San Francisco. Once again, as in recent years, Carnegie Mellon University CyLab researchers made a significant contribution to both its contenthttp://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2013/05/cylabs-strong-presence-continues-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248801325449891837.post-1527820243772612935Mon, 20 May 2013 04:08:00 +00002014-01-29T09:12:47.373-08:00Alessandro AcquistiBiometricsCyber SecurityCyLabMarios SavvidesPrivacy [NOTE: This CyBlog story is cross-posted as a CyLab Chronicles on the CyLab home page.] In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, there has been some mainstream news media attention paid to facial recognition software. After years of NCIS and other popular law enforcement TV dramas, there is an expectation that such technology could have led to a speedier conclusion to the http://www.cyblog.cylab.cmu.edu/2013/05/cylab-researchers-alessadro-acquisti.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Carnegie Mellon CyLab)