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Jonathan Weissman
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June 17, 2022
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Worried About Your Privacy? A New Tech Could Reduce Eavesdropping on Devices
Discover magazine talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about how and why smartphone apps listen to a user's voice.
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May 18, 2022
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The Time Is Still Now for IPv6
Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, discusses the adoption of IPv6 in the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) blog.
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May 17, 2022
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Buffalo shooting suspect radicalized on websites, chat rooms
WKBW-TV interviews Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about the technological and cybersecurity aspects of the shooting at the Tops Supermarket in Buffalo.
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May 13, 2022
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IPv4, IPv6… What Happened to All the Other Numbers?
Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, discusses migration from IPv4 to IPv6 in the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) blog.
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March 11, 2022
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How Apple's FaceTime glitch allowed eavesdropping
WHAM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about a security issue with FaceTime.
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March 5, 2022
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Midstater was on guard, but a thief emptied his account anyway
WHTM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about scam phone calls to get users’ bank account information.
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February 24, 2022
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Russian invasion on Ukraine may impact Rochester residents and businesses
WHAM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about how Russian scammers could target people through email or Facebook.
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February 24, 2022
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Professor Weissman On Russia & Cyber Security
The DiTullio and Moran radio show, on WAIO-FM (95.1), features Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, discussing Russian cyberattacks.
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January 5, 2022
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Pa. admits ‘sophisticated’ unemployment hack. Cyber expert: scheme not ‘sophisticated at all.’
ABC27 News talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry's recent cyberattack.
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December 7, 2021
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Amazon web outage leads to inconvenience for some in the area
WHAM-TV talks with Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about Amazon Web Services.
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November 16, 2021
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Governments pay millions for 0days: more harm than good?
CyberNews talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about exploit acquisition platforms.
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October 8, 2021
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Facebook is tracking you on other websites. Here's how you can stop it.
Tegna Inc. talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about the data that Facebook collects from its users.
