Georgia Tech Cybersecurity News Archive

Summer 2017

Navigating Misaligned Law Enforcement and Company Interests in Data Breach Investigations
LawfareBlog
May 22, 2017

WannaCry Update: Microsoft Pushes a 'Geneva Convention' to Thwart Cyberattacks
IEEE Spectrum
May 16, 2017

Is Your Child's Toy Spying on You?
WSB-TV Atlanta
May 15, 2017

CS, ECE Team Take 2nd Prize in IEEE Security Demo Competition
School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
May 9, 2017

Information Security Degree Expands Across Three Colleges
Institute for Information Security & Privacy
May 8, 2017

 

Spring 2017

Georgia Tech Grads Make Up a Chunk of Silicon Valley Employees
Atlanta Journal Constitution
May 1, 2017

A Bipartisan Approach to Cyber
Georgia Tech News Center
May 1, 2017

Amazon's 'Echo Look' Could Snoop A Lot More Than Just Your Clothes
Wired
Apr. 28, 2017

Why CISOs Should Care About Developments in the EU
National Technology Security Coalition
Apr. 18, 2017

Method for Detecting Malware with Electromagnetic Emanations Wins $5,000
Institute for Information Security & Privacy
Apr. 17, 2017

What It Takes to Be a Security Consultant
Network World
Apr. 17, 2017

Georgia Tech Finds Subtle Linux Vulnerability
Electronics Weekly
Apr. 10, 2017

Congress Let Internet Providers 'Spy on' Your Underwear Purchases, Advocacy Group Says
Politifact
Mar. 30, 2017

Kerpen: What the FCC Privacy Rule is Really All About
TheCabin.net
Mar. 30, 2017

Georgia Tech Researchers Form Cybersecurity Company
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Mar. 30, 2017

Honeywell Joins Georgia Tech Internet-of-Things Research Center
Georgia Tech News Center
Mar. 22, 2017

Antonakakis to Speak at CableLabs IoT Security Panel
School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Mar. 17, 2017

Georgia Tech Students Sweep NSA Hacking Contest
Institute for Information Security & Privacy
Mar. 15, 2017

Technology Experts Letter to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp
Verified Voting Blog
March 15, 2017

Raheem Beyah: Ransomware for Industrial Control Systems -- the Next Frontier?
National Technology Security Council
Mar. 9, 2017

Once Overlooked, Uninitialized-Use 'Bugs' May Facilitate Hacker Attacks
Homeland Security News Wire
Mar. 7, 2017

Dealing with Advanced Persistent Threats
Digital Guardian
Mar. 7, 2017

Wikileaks Release Notwithstanding, the CIA Isn't Hacking -- or Helping -- You
USA Today
Mar. 7, 2017

Remembering Howard Schmidt: 1949-2017
Institute for Information Security & Privacy
Mar. 7, 2017

Holly Dragoo: Designation Critical Infrastructure: What it Does and Doesn't Mean for States
National Technology Security Council
Mar. 3, 2017

A Qualified SPOC Approach for India and Mutual Legal Assistance
Lawfare
Mar. 2, 2017

Once Overlooked Uninitialized Use 'Bugs' May Provide Portal for Hacker Attacks
College of Computing
Mar. 1, 2017

NDSS '17: Georgia Tech Brings Five Research Discoveries
Institute for Information Security & Privacy
Feb. 27, 2017

Michael Farrell: Attribution and its Role in Deterrence
National Technology Security Council
Feb. 15, 2017

RSA Conference: New Ransomware Could Poison Your Town's Water Supply If You Don't Pay Up
TechRepublic
Feb. 14, 2017

Simulated Ransomware Attack Shows Vulnerability of Industrial Controls
Georgia Tech News Center
Feb. 13, 2017

Three Georgia Tech Students Chosen as Scholars for the RSA Security Conference
Institute for Information Security & Privacy
Feb. 8, 2017

Fighting Fake News Isn't Just Up to Facebook and Google
Associated Press for Denver Post, The New York Times and others
Feb. 6, 2016

Trick of Tweet: Data Tool Pinpoints Words Seen as Credible
Scientific American
Feb. 3, 2017

U.S. Businesses Need to Prepare Now to Align with EU Privacy Law
National Technology Security Council
Jan. 31, 2016

Georgia Tech IoT Center Continues to Grow, Make Global Impact
IoT Evolution World
Jan. 30, 2017

New Way to Identify Credible Tweets May Combat Fake News
The Financial Express
Jan. 28, 2017

Internet of Things Center Continues to Grow, Make Global Impact
Georgia Tech News Center
Jan. 27, 2017

Finding Credibility Clues on Twitter
Georgia Tech News Center
Jan. 26, 2017

Success in Cybersecurity: Beyah Named as Emerging Scholar
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Jan. 25, 2017

Georgia Tech Launches World Class Incubator
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jan. 12, 2017

Zajic Receives NSF CAREER Award
School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Jan. 6, 2017

 

Fall 2016

2016: The Year that IoT Broke the Internet
Cyberscoop
Dec. 28, 2016

Facebook's Secretive Hardware Team Signs Rapid Collaboration Deal with 17 Universities
Tech Crunch
Dec. 21, 2016

Beyah, Liao Place Third at Cyber Security Awareness Week Applied Research Competition
School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
December 5, 2016

President's Cybersecurity Commission Releases Report
Georgia Tech News Center
Dec. 2, 2016

Georgia Tech Lands $17M Cybersecurity Research Grant
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Dec. 19, 2016

Explaining the Report: Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity
WABE-FM (NPR Atlanta)
Dec. 19, 2016

Faculty Profile: Taesoo Kim
Georgia Tech College of Computing
Dec. 15, 2016

Groundbreaking at Tech Square Kicks Off Years of Construction for Coda
Curbed Atlanta
Dec. 14, 2016

The New Ph.D.s
Inside Higher Ed
Dec. 9, 2016

Which Universities Have the Best Coders in the World?
Hacker Rank
Dec. 7, 2016

President's Cybersecurity Commission Releases Report
Georgia Tech News Center
Dec. 2, 2016

Georgia Tech Gets $17 Million Defense Deal for Cyberattack Attribution
Dark Reading
Nov. 30, 2016

2016's States Most Vulnerable to Identity Theft & Fraud
Wallet Hub
Nov. 30, 2016

$17 Million Contract Will Help Establish Science of Cyber Attribution
Georgia Tech News Center
Nov. 29, 2016

Gostin Named 2016 Women in Technology "Woman of the Year"
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Nov. 11, 2016

Study Finds Malware Lurking in Amazon, Google and Groupon cloud services
SC Media
Nov. 10, 2016

A Storm is Brewing: The Trouble of Malware in the Cloud
Now How Stuff Works
Nov. 2, 2016

What is Internet Governance?
Slate
Nov. 1, 2016

Georgia Tech Launches New Research on the Security of Machine-Learning Systems
Institute for Information Security & Privacy
Oct. 31, 2016

Atlanta Start-Up Battle Crowns Inaugural Winner
Hypepotamus
Oct. 28, 2016

Internet Transition Shows Need for Education Effort, Strickling Says
Bloomberg BNA
Oct. 26, 2016

Georgia Tech Brings Cybersecurity Findings to CCS '16
Institute for Information Security & Privacy
Oct. 24, 2016

Study Finds 'Lurking Malice' in Cloud Hosting Services
Georgia Tech Research Horizons
Oct. 19, 2016

Lurking Malice Found in Cloud Hosting Services
Homeland Security News Wire
Oct. 19, 2016

Georgia Tech: 'Privacy and Technology on a Collision Course'
Atlanta Tech Edge, WXIA-TV
Oct. 17, 2016

Tech Releases Annual Cybersecurity Report
Technique
Oct. 14, 2016

Georgia Tech Report: Privacy and technology are on a collision course
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Oct. 10, 2016

Professors Lead Cybersecurity Course in Costa Rica
Georgia Tech College of Computing
Oct. 10, 2016

DOJ Awards $6.3M to Support Law Enforcement Communities
American Security Today
Oct. 9, 2016

How Trump's Internet Policy Could Benefit Russia
The Ledger
Sept. 23, 2016

Experts from Georgia Tech Train Costa Ricans in Cybersecurity
CINDE - Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency
Sept. 22, 2016

Cruz's Claim that ICANN Transition Will Empower Foes to Censor the Internet
The Washington Post
Sept. 21, 2016

Taking a multi-faceted Approach to Cybersecurity
Baseline Magazine
Sept. 20, 2016

Don't Believe Claims that the U.S. is Giving Away the Internet
MIT Technology Review
Sept. 20, 2016

How a College Student Got 15 Million Miles by Hacking United Airlines
Fortune
Sept. 20, 2016

France-Atlanta Launches Its 7th Program in October
Global Atlanta
Sept. 20, 2016

Attacks Increase Atlanta's Demand for Cybersecurity Experts
WABE-FM (NPR Atlanta)
Sept. 19, 2016

Did the Patriot Act Change U.S. Attitudes on Surveillance?
NBC News
Sept. 8, 2016

Institute for Information Security & Privacy Completes First Year
Campus News
Aug. 22, 2016

Summer 2016

We Asked Experts to Compare Trump's and Clinton's Cybersecurity Policies. Here's What They Said.
The Washington Post
Aug. 17, 2016

Alexa Harter of GTRI Among Four to Earn Regents Professor, Researcher Titles
Georgia Tech News Release
Aug. 13, 2016

Georgia Tech Awarded DARPA Grant to Develop New IoT Protection
ZDNet Zero Day
Aug. 2, 2016

Monitoring Side-Channel Signals Could Detect Malicious Software on IoT Devices
Georgia Tech News Release
Aug. 1, 2016

FBI: 'IcyEagle' Hacker Stole Bank Passwords, Sold Them to Highest Bidder
11Alive - WXIA-TV (NBC Atlanta)
July 28, 2016

Training the Top: Cybersecurity Leadership Program Teaches Execs, Officers to Keep Data Safe
Georgia Tech News Release
July 25, 2016

Minding Your Business
Georgia Trend Magazine
July 1, 2016

Big Data's Impact: Improving Security for the Internet of Things Age
Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine
July 1, 2016

Keeping Our Secrets Safe
Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine
July 1, 2016

Standardizing Communications for the Internet of Things
Georgia Tech News Release
June 22, 2016

Georgia Tech at IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy 2016
Georgia Tech News Release
May 23, 2016

SEISE Tool Uses Semantic Gaps to Detect Website Promotional Attacks
Georgia Tech News Release
May 19, 2016

Georgia Tech to Develop Big Data Protection Protocol for the Cloud
Georgia Tech News Release
May 11, 2016

Spring 2016

Georgia Tech to Dismantle Pervasive Cyberattacks in 10 Seconds or Less
Georgia Tech News Release
May 3, 2016

PhD Student Wins Funding at Inaugural Demo Day Finale
11Alive - WXIA-TV (NBC Atlanta)
Apr. 14, 2016

Raheem Beyah Named Motorola Foundation Professor
Georgia Tech News Release
Apr. 14, 2016

Obama Names Antón to Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity
Georgia Tech News Release
Apr. 13, 2016

FBI Offers iPhone Aid to Local Law Enforcement
San Francisco Chronicle
Apr. 4, 2016

Students to Show Venture Capitalists Their Best Work
Georgia Tech News Release
Mar. 29, 2016

Device Fingerprints Could Help Protect Power Grid,  Other Industrial Systems
Georgia Tech News Release
Feb. 29, 2016

AAU: Helping Safeguard the Connected World
American Association of Universities
Feb. 24, 2016

Georgia Tech Discovers How Mobile Ads Leak Info
Georgia Tech News Release
Feb. 22, 2016

Why Apple's Fight with FBI Matters
Georgia Tech Amplifier
Feb. 18, 2016

How Should Apple Balance Privacy & National Security?
NPR Here & Now
Feb. 17, 2016

Statement Regarding White House National Cybersecurity Action Plan
Georgia Tech News Release
Feb. 10, 2016

Next Billion People Online Will Get Odd Versions of the Internet
New Scientist
Feb. 3, 2016

New Privacy Deal Between US and Europe Reached
The Washington Post
Feb. 2, 2016

Peter Swire to Debate European Privacy Activist Max Schrems
The Digital Download
Jan. 11, 2015

Fall 2015

Air Force Names Organizations for $5B Cyber Research Project
Military & Aerospace Electronics
Nov. 23, 2016

Georgia Tech Becomes First University to Join M3AAWG: Messaging Malware Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group
M3AAWG
Nov. 17, 2015

University System of Georgia Explores Cybersecurity Center in Atlanta
Augusta Chronicle
Nov. 4, 2015

Georgia Tech Ranked in Top 10 of World's Engineering Colleges
CNN iReport
Oct. 16, 2015

Feds Come to Georgia to Talk Cell Phones in Prisons
Associated Press
Oct. 15, 2015

Army Shows Commanders What Cyber Capabilities Are Possible
Defense News
Oct. 10, 2015

Solving the Internet's Identity Crisis
Georgia Tech News Release
Oct. 8, 2015

Computer Science Students, Faculty Take Honors at FSE '15
Georgia Tech News Release
Sept. 11, 2015

Want to Hack the Mars Rover? Take a Look At...
Forbes Online
Sept. 10, 2015

ECE Programs Remain Strong in Latest US News & World Report Rankings
US News & World Report
Sept. 10, 2015

Encryption and Privacy Top Priorities for Tech Firms
Marketplace, American Public Media
Sept. 9, 2015

Georgia Tech Helps Thwart Cyber Attacks
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sept. 9, 2015

Preventing the Click Up
Georgia Tech Research Horizons
Sept. 7, 2015

Technology Professionals Say Georgia Tech is a Top College in America
Business Insider
Sept. 2, 2015

Summer 2015

Georgia Tech Finds 11 Security Flaws in Popular Internet Browsers Using New Analysis Method
Georgia Tech News Release
Aug. 13, 2015

Georgia Tech Receives $4.2 million for Military Research to Better Secure Information Transfer
Georgia Tech News Release
July 30, 2015

Georgia Tech Receives Nearly $2 million in Naval Research to Bolster Cyber Defense
Georgia Tech News Release
June 24, 2015