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Mar 03

picoCTF capture-the-flag competition prepares students for rewarding careers in cybersecurity

picoCTF’s 12th annual capture-the-flag hacking competition for middle school, high school, and college students will take place from March 7 through March 17. Students interested in participating can register now by signing up for a free account at picoctf.org.

Feb 28

A cybersecurity question answering assistant that motivates users to follow its advice

A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers is studying prompt engineering techniques that could coax large language models (LLMs) to generate more effective answers to everyday cybersecurity questions.

Feb 21

Understanding YouTube giveaway scams: are teens more susceptible?

A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently conducted human subjects research to learn more about the nature of YouTube giveaway scams, and determine whether teens are more susceptible to falling for them than adults.

Feb 20

Moderating content for end-to-end encryption

Sarah Scheffler, assistant professor of Software and Societal Systems and Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, is currently conducting research that explores alternative content moderation methods for end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) that are still private and secure.

Jan 28

CyLab faculty, students to present at NDSS Symposium 2025

Carnegie Mellon faculty and students will present on a wide range of topics at the 32nd Annual Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium. Held at Wyndham San Diego Bayside from February 24th through the 28th, the event fosters information exchange among researchers and practitioners of network and distributed system security.

Jan 23

CyLab awards 2025 seed funding

This year, CyLab has awarded more than $400K in seed funding to 16 CMU students, faculty, and staff members from five departments at the university.

Jan 23

Fostering the next generation of thinkers in digital identity Opens in new window

CMU-Africa's Upanzi Network and MicroSave Consulting (MSC) have developed a series of regional hackathons across Africa to uncover some of these untapped opportunities through new innovative digital ID use cases.

Jan 15

CMU and CLP Celebrate International Data Privacy Day on January 26

In celebration of International Privacy Day, Carnegie Mellon University is collaborating with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) to host Data Privacy Day 2025 on Sunday, January 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at CLP-Main (Oakland).

Jan 08

Improving privacy for digital public goods Opens in new window

Researchers with the Upanzi Network have developed recommendations for the Digital Public Goods Alliance to increase transparency about users’ data privacy.

Jan 06

Student bug bounty discovery supports picoCTF’s cybersecurity education efforts with $462,000 gift

Seunghyun Lee, a first-year Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Science Department, recently discovered a series of bugs in Google Chrome's WebAssembly type system that earned him a bug bounty, which he generously donated to CMU's picoCTF cybersecurity education platform.

Media Mentions

CNN

Scheffler quoted on data protection and access

CyLab/EPP’s Sarah Scheffler was quoted by CNN about data protection, in response to Apple users losing access to Advanced Data Protection. “One of the very few ways to make sure that your data can’t be leaked if a company is breached is to make sure that the company (itself) doesn’t have it,” Scheffler explains.

Associated Press

Carley discusses how misinformation can spread

CyLab’s Kathleen Carley was quoted by the Associated Press about the dangers of misinformation, particularly pertaining to false claims of election fraud and how that may impact overseas voters. “Laying the groundwork for a conspiracy theory means that you need to weave many claims together,” Carley explained.

Time

Brumley discusses social security number breach and cybersecurity

ECE’s David Brumley spoke with Time about the hack in April that resulted in SSN data from the NPD being leaked. “We are not talking about a startup here,” Brumley said. “Looking forward, we have to have higher standards for the custodians of our data.”

Atlantic Council

Fanti and Sowon suggest improving the way governments regulate technology

Giulia Fanti and Karen Sowon were among the co-authors of an article in Atlantic Council suggesting ways in which governments could more effectively regulate new technologies while avoiding setbacks.

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