News by Topic: Cybersecurity
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March 24, 2025
Deepfakes: What to Know About AI Images and Videos
CNET interviews Matthew Wright, Endowed Professor and department chair in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the fight against deepfake misinformation. Ph.D. students John Sohrawardi and Kelly Wu also break down tips on how to spot deepfakes.
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March 19, 2025
No barriers, just firewalls
Mastercard speaks to computing and information technologies student Jared Husson about cybersecurity job training for deaf students.
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March 7, 2025
Experts don’t think AI is ready to be a ‘co-scientist’
Tech Crunch speaks to Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about the risks associated with using AI to create hypotheses and research plans.
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March 3, 2025
Cybersecurity students compete in national contest at RIT
WHAM-TV highlights the national cybersecurity competition organized by RIT students.
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February 14, 2025
DeepSeek launches AI revolution: Impact on Korea's IT industry
Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, appeared on Arirang News, a Korean broadcasting station, for a discussion about DeepSeek’s R1 generative AI model.
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January 31, 2025
RCSD warns community of data breach
Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, speaks to WROC-TV about the data breach.
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January 31, 2025
Expert weighs in on cyberattack exposing 134k RCSD student records
WHAM-TV discussed the breach with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity.
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January 31, 2025
Rochester schools’ data breach
News Radio WHAM 1180 chats with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the Rochester schools’ data breach. (Interview starts at the 30-second mark.)
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January 28, 2025
William H. Sanders named RIT’s 11th president
The dean of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering is praised for his research credentials, success in global partnerships and entrepreneurship, and strong student engagement. He starts at RIT July 1.
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January 27, 2025
NSF awards RIT more than $1 million to develop digital media forensics platform
A new RIT project aims to bring order to the chaotic world of digital media forensics. The project in development, led by Endowed Professor of Cybersecurity Matthew Wright, will help combat misinformation and manipulated media, including deepfakes.
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January 14, 2025
TikTok ban looms, leaving creators uncertain about future
WHAM-TV talks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the ban.
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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.