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December 10, 2024
Malicious email, purportedly from PayPal; slips through filter; Pennsylvania woman bilked out of $15,000
WHTM-TV talks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the scams.
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December 9, 2024
Deepfakes: Why we’re seeing more of them and how to differentiate reality from fiction
WROC-TV speaks to Matthew Wright, endowed professor and department chair in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, and Computing and information sciences Ph.D. student Y. Kelly Wu about identifying deepfakes.
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November 25, 2024
International research experience in Sweden seeks to develop the AI-enhanced workplace
A new National Science Foundation grant will allow 18 RIT students to travel to Sweden and conduct artificial intelligence (AI) research that enhances the industrial workplace. The students will take part in a program of AI research, professional development, and mentorship, which includes eight weeks at University West, near Gothenburg, Sweden.
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November 21, 2024
Detecting digital deception
Today, artificial intelligence is being used to manipulate media. At RIT, a team of student and faculty researchers is leading the charge to help journalists and intelligence analysts figure out what is real and what is fake. Their work has more than $2 million in funding from the National Science Foundation and Knight Foundation.
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October 22, 2024
Effectiveness of cybersecurity penetration testing depends on what you penetrate
Federal News Network speaks to Rob Olson, senior lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the effectiveness of cybersecurity penetration testing, emphasizing that its success relies heavily on the specific systems being tested and the expertise of the testing team.
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September 20, 2024
Tor Network Denies Report That ‘Anonymity Is Completely Canceled’
Gizmodo speaks to Matthew Wright, Endowed Professor and department chair in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the alleged German de-anonymization of a Tor user.
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September 18, 2024
Two faculty members installed as Kevin O’Sullivan Endowed Professors in Cybersecurity
Billy Brumley and Matthew Wright were appointed for their work in building RIT’s cybersecurity education and research legacy. As one of the highest honors in academia, endowed professorships recognize and support outstanding researchers and educators who profoundly impact the lives of their students.
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September 10, 2024
ChatGPT 4 can exploit 87% of one-day vulnerabilities: Is it really that impressive?
Security Intelligence speaks with Shanchieh Yang, director of research at RIT's ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute, about ChatGPT 4's ability to exploit cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
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September 10, 2024
RIT faculty play large role in NSF Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace research
Nine RIT faculty members attended the 2024 Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Principal Investigators’ Meeting Sept. 4-5, in Pittsburgh.
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September 5, 2024
Massive data breach from April potentially exposes sensitive information of millions of Americans
Spectrum News interviews Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the scope of the National Public Data breach that exposed 2.9 billion personal records.
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August 23, 2024
Cyber expert on the National Public Data breach
News Radio WHAM 1180 chats with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the National Public Data breach that exposed 2.9 billion records, including Social Security numbers. (Interview starts at the 50-second mark.)
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August 14, 2024
RIT researchers present novel dynamic defense model for thwarting wireless attacks at IEEE INFOCOM
Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) recently presented a cutting-edge defense mechanism against advanced wireless attacks at the prestigious IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). The paper, authored by Professor Hanif Rahbari and computing and information sciences Ph.D. student Naureen Hoque, was showcased at the top-ranked networking conference held in Vancouver in May.