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2023
- Prof. Muhammad Shafique is revolutionizing technology with brain-inspired AI, making it accessible to all
November 20, 2023 - Medical Tests to the Test
September 21, 2023 - NYU Abu Dhabi Post-Doc Scores Cover Story for Securing Biochips Paper
September 19, 2023 - Financial news website (Forbes) on USENIX-Sec’23 paper regarding VPN tunnel crack attacks
August 18, 2023 - PI Nasir Memon to take on new challenges at NYU Shanghai this fall
August 16, 2023 - CCSAD PI Ramesh Karri is named one of Intel’s outstanding researchers of the year
April 13, 2023 - Prof. Muhammad Shafique has been recognized as the 2023 AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar in Chip Technology
- NYU and KAIST Begin New Global Partnership
March 29, 2023
2022
- Timing Attacks on WhatsApp, Signal, and Threema can Reveal User Location (Based on the NDSS’23 paper)
October 20, 2022 - Location data could be exposed in WhatsApp, Signal, and Threema (Featured in 9to5Mac)
October 21, 2022 - WhatsApp less threatened by newly discovered vulnerability than Signal (Featured in Phonearena)
October 23, 2022 - iPhone hackers can expose WhatsApp, Signal, and Threema users’ location (Featured in BGR)
October 20, 2022 - Researchers Raise The Alarm On Users’ Location Data Being Exposed On WhatsApp, Signal, And Threema (Featured in Digital Information World)
October 23, 2022
2021
- Why Seeing Must Be Believing – AI, Computational Imaging and the Battle Against Deepfakes
September 27, 2021 - Cyber Security Research in the Arab Region: A Blooming Ecosystem with Global Ambitions
April 01, 2021 - Memon joins international group of experts calling out serious flaws in Indian voting machines
January 30, 2021
2020
- Dr. Ramesh Karri and Dr. Michail Maniatakos paper was selected as “Top Picks in Hardware and Embedded Security” session at the International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD)
November 20, 2020 - NYUAD Researchers exploit HTTP/2, WPA3 protocols to stage highly efficient ‘timeless timing’ attacks
July 30, 2020 - NYUAD RESEARCHERS REVEALS THE “DRAGONFLY HANDSHAKE” IS NOT A SECURE GRIP
May 19, 2020 - NYUAD & Tandon Researchers Find Flagging Misinformation Could Slow the Spread of Fake News
April 27, 2020 - Mobile Networks Vulnerable to IMP4GT Impersonation Attacks
February 25, 2020 - IMP4GT Vulnerabilities Allow for Impersonation on 4G LTE, Early 5G Cellular Networks
February 25, 2020 - CCSAD Co-PI Ramesh Karri Named an IEEE Fellow
February 04, 2020
2019
- Cybersecurity Trailblazer
December 14, 2019 - NYU Team Gets Grant to Teach Cybersecurity in 3D Printing
September 30, 2019 - NYU Team Gets NSF Grant to Turn CAD Files into Audio Files
September 18, 2019 - CoPHEE Safeguards Encrypted Data?
July 14, 2019 - NYU Abu Dhabi Chip Processes Encrypted Data
July 5, 2019 - NYU Abu Dhabi researchers build microprocessor that safeguards encrypted data
June 26, 2019 - Has The World’s First Unhackable Chip Arrived?
April 5, 2019
2018
- NYU Abu Dhabi research gets Intel funding
December 14, 2018 - Seeking a new element in artificial intelligence: trust
September 21, 2018 - First Ever Conference on Biochip Security Sees Risks and Rewards at the Nexus of Biochemical and Electrical Engineering
September 7, 2018 - Printed parts can prove authenticity with 3D QR codes
August 30, 2018 - ARO Workshop on Secure and Trustworthy Biochips
August 24, 2018 - Could deliberately adding security bugs make software more secure?
August 08, 2018 - Researchers Defeat 3D Printing Piracy with Hidden QR Codes
August 23, 2018 - How to Authenticate a 3D-Printed Part: ‘Explode’ and Embed a QR Code
August 23, 2018 - Medical and Aerospace 3D Printed Parts Could Be Secured by Embedded QR Codes
August 22, 2018 - QR Code ‘Clouds’ Protect 3D Printing From Piracy
August 22, 2018 - Internal QR codes could thwart counterfeiting of 3D-printed objects
August 21, 2018 - Major 3D-printing breakthrough could keep design pirates at bay
August 21, 2018 - NYU Team Encode Parts With 3D Printed QR “Clouds” To Prevent Counterfeiting
August 20, 2018 - Researchers Turn Tracking Codes into Unclonable “Clouds” to Authenticate Genuine 3D Printed Parts
August 20, 2018 - Why confidence matters in facial recognition systems
August 06, 2018 - The True Cyber Crime? – Failing to Collaborate
March 29, 2018 - Cyber Fellows Master’s Program Highlighted in City & State New York Article
February 23, 2018 - Nasir Memon, Co-Founder of NYU CCS, featured in The Bridge BK Podcast
February 7, 2018 - NYUAD Plans To Make Abu Dhabi Global Robotics Hub
February 7, 2018 - Efficient Detection for Malicious and Random Errors in Additive Encrypted Computation
January 15, 2018
2017
- Cyber Security Hosts Cyber Talks on Crypto Wars: From Ceasar to Quantum Powers and Smart Cities
November 26, 2017 - Weaponizing 3-D printers: Cyberattacks Could Turn Battlefield Tech Into Threats
November 13, 2017 - NYU Abu Dhabi To Host World’s Largest Student Event in Cyber Security
November 8, 2017 - 3D Printing Gives Hackers Entirely New Ways to Wreak Havoc
October 25, 2017 - CCSAD Researchers and Design for Excellence Lab awarded DARPA seed funding ($600K) for ECLIPSE: Efficient Cross-Layered IP Protection SchemE
September 17, 2017 - The Optical Illusion That Could Protect Your Passcodes: Researchers Reveal Keypad That Looks Different If Someone Looks Over Your Shoulder
August 22, 2017 - Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi develop breakthrough computer chip security technology
August 20, 2017 - NYU Abu Dhabi Researchers Develop New Computer Chip Security Technology
August 20, 2017 - NYU Abu Dhabi Develops ‘Unhackable’ Computer Chip
August 20, 2017 - NYUAD in Potential Computer Chip Security Breakthrough
August 20, 2017 - Unhackable Computer Chip
August 15, 2017 - Fake News On Agenda At IIT Kanpur’s Global Cyber Security Competition
August 7, 2017 - Fingerprint To Fly?
August 5, 2017 - NYU Security Researchers At Black Hat Reveal How To Protect The Power Grid From Low- Budget Attacks
July 27, 2017 - How Smart Cities Can Beat Their Traffic Troubles
June 2, 2017 - GE Fixing Bug in Software After Warning About Power Grid Hacks
April 26, 2017 - My UAE: Fighting Off Threats With NYUAD Cyber Security Director Hoda Al Khzaimi
April 26, 2017 - Partial Fingerprint Similarities may be Sufficient to Trick Biometric Security Systems on Smartphones
Apr 20, 2017 - That Fingerprint Sensor on Your Phone Is Not as Safe as You Think
April 10, 2017 - DESC is a Strategic Partner for ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security 2017
March 26, 2017 - Facial Recognition for Enhanced Security Applications
January 7, 2017
2016
- World’s Largest Student Cyber Security Contest Names Winners
November 14, 2016 - First Female Emirati Director Appointed to NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Cyber Security
October 20, 2016 - World’s Top Student Teams Take On Microchip Security at NYU and IIT Kanpur Cyber Security Awareness Week Games
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- Hackers Face Off for Improved Cyber Security
August 7, 2016 - Abu Dhabi to Host Student Cyber Security Event
August 4, 2016 - World’s Biggest Student Cyber Security Event Coming to Abu Dhabi in November
August 3, 2016 - NYU Researchers Report Cyber Security Risks in 3D Printing
July 12, 2016 - Researchers Build Secure System for Encrypted Cloud Computing
May 8, 2016 - Not Just A Technology Problem
April 18, 2016 - CCS-AD Sent Sole MENA Team to Atlantic Council’s Spring 9/12 Challenge
April 7-8, 2016
2015
- Cyber Security Hosts Cyber Talks on Crypto Wars: From Ceasar to Quantum Powers and Smart Cities
November 26, 2017 - NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, through TwinLab, to Develop Trustworthy and Secure Microprocessor Chip
November 3, 2015 - PI Nasir Memon Interviewed on CNBC on Growing Need for More Women Cybersleuths
August 26, 2015 - “A Cyber Security State of Mind” Teachers from across New York City and Beyond to Give Lessons with a Security-Focused Spin
August 25, 2015 - Researcher Payas Gupta to Give talk on “Understanding Cyber Attacks that Leverage the Telephony Channel” at Upcoming RSA Conference
August 18, 2015 - US Army Research Office (Department of Defense) Provides $400K Funding for Design-for-Excellence Lab’s Research on IC Camouflaging
June 20, 2015 - US National Science Foundation (NSF) Provides $500k Funding Towards Security-Centric Electronic System Level Design
June 16, 2015 - ASPIRE Program Offered to NYU School of Law Students
June 11, 2015 - TwinLab on Hardware Security and Trust has been Launched with the Support of GLOBALFOUNDRIES on a $2.6M Budget
June 7, 2015 - Hacking the Internet of Things
May 15, 2015 - A Truly Private Life
May 15, 2015 - “Phoneypot: Data-drive Understanding of Telephoney Threats”
February 8, 2015
Spotlight
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Researchers find that red-flagging misinformation could slow the spread of fake news on social media
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