Systems security

Carnegie Mellon University CyLab researchers are focusing on the security of systems—any systems ranging from the components that make up an autonomous vehicle to the various sectors that make up the energy grid—which requires placing security protocols on different, non-homogeneous parts that must still be able to communicate and work together efficiently and effectively.

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Professor Lujo Bauer and a team of researchers investigate the effectiveness of using adversarial training methods to create malware detection models that are more robust to some of the state-of-the-art attacks.

Improving system verification

Researchers’ award-winning paper provides a faster, more efficient way to perform system verification.

Eliminating algorithmic complexity attacks

Nirav Atre, a Ph.D. student in CMU's Computer Science Department and member of the CyLab Institute for Security and Privacy, has developed an algorithm guaranteed to protect network systems against algorithmic complexity attacks.

CyLab’s Giulia Fanti named a 2021 Intel “Rising Star”

The prestigious award recognizes 10 promising early-career academic researchers who lead some of the most important technology research of our time.

Keeping distributed systems secure Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon researchers are working to design networks that keep our ever-increasing numbers of connected devices safe and secure.

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CMU-Africa and CyLab aim to improve financial inclusion in emerging economies

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) CyLab and CMU-Africa have established the CyLab-Africa initiative, which aims to improve the cybersecurity of financial systems in Africa and other emerging economies.

Carnegie Mellon hacking team finishes 2nd at DefCon

Carnegie Mellon University’s competitive hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), finished in 2nd place in the “Capture the Flag” competition—widely referred to as “The Olympics of Hacking”—at this year’s DefCon security conference.

picoCTF announces next competition dates

The world's largest hacking competition, hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, has announced the dates of its next competition.

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Provably-secure code incorporated into Linux kernel

This month, code from the provably correct and secure “EverCrypt” cryptographic library, which CyLab’s Bryan Parno and his team helped develop and release last year, was officially incorporated into the Linux kernel — the core of the Linux operating system.

Q&A with Lujo Bauer

Many Americans are entering their fifth of working remotely, which has resulted in new paradigms in their own and their employers’ cybersecurity and privacy. CyLab's Lujo Bauer has been monitoring the situation.

Q&A with Lorrie Cranor

As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, CyLab director Lorrie Cranor says there are number issues related to privacy and cybersecurity that people need to be aware of.

Q&A with Vyas Sekar

As huge swaths of the world have shifted to remote work in response to COVID-19, CyLab's Vyas Sekar thinks that enterprises need to be thinking very critically about the security of their networks – maybe more now than ever.

Cybercriminals: Things are about to get a lot more confusing for you

Two papers on cyber deception authored by CyLab’s Cleotilde Gonzalez and colleagues are being presented at this week’s Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).

Sharing accounts in the workplace is a mess

In a new study, CyLab researchers found that people in the workplace are sharing accounts like Facebook, Google, and company email accounts for a variety of reasons. The way they share these accounts could lead to mishaps.

This new tool for developers can help preserve app users’ privacy

A team of CyLab researchers created a tool that nudges developers to think a bit harder about user privacy when coding data requests.

Protecting 3D printers from attackers Opens in new window

CyLab’s researchers have developed a tool to identify security risks of networked 3D printers.

CyLab researchers create tool to help prevent cyberattacks on vehicles

CyLab's Sekar Kulandaivel and colleagues have developed a network-mapping tool to help keep vehicles protected from cyberattacks. The tool meticulously maps a car's network in under 30 minutes on less than $50 worth of hardware.

Securing the energy grid with blockchains Opens in new window

The US Department of Energy has awarded two Carnegie Mellon researchers a $400,000 grant to strengthen grid security using blockchain technology.

First round of Secure and Private IoT Initiative funded projects announced

CyLab’s Secure and Private IoT Initiative (IoT@CyLab) has broken ground as the first round of funded proposals have been announced. Twelve selected projects will be funded for one year, and results will be presented at the IoT@CyLab annual summit next year.

Achieving provably-secure encryption

Earlier this week, a team consisting of researchers from CyLab released the world's first verifiably secure industrial-strength cryptographic library—a set of code that can be used to protect data and is guaranteed to protect against the most popular classes of cyberattacks.

CyLab’s Gligor and Woo receive Distinguished Paper Award for breakthrough result on establishing “root of trust”

In a breakthrough study, “Establishing Root of Trust Unconditionally,” CyLab researchers Virgil Gligor and Maverick Woo present a test that can be run on any computing device to show whether the device has been infected with malware or not.

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