Networking & Cybersecurity News Feed

Spotting Human Activity In Internet Usage Data
USC computer scientists can detect large-scale human events by looking at IP address activity.

Mountain Hikes, Castle Ruins and Privacy Engineering
ISI cybersecurity researcher attends prestigious Dagstuhl Seminar to provide insights on privacy issues in autonomous and self-driving vehicles.

A New Wave in Wireless Communication: The National Radio Dynamic Zone
ISI leads an initiative in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF), Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the University of Utah (UoU) to expand spectrum access across the nation

Sustainability in Space: Giving Old Satellites New Jobs
Researchers have completed Phase One of a U.S. Space Force project looking at the feasibility of updating software on orbiting satellites.

ISI Researchers Win Best Paper Award at IEEE COMSNETS 2023
The winning paper describes the team’s work on defending against cyber attacks

Having Trouble Remembering Your Password? Forget About It!
Cybersecurity researcher Jelena Mirkovic weighs in on recent security breaches, talks about her work and gives password tips.

Anycast Agility: A Playbook for Combatting Online Attacks
USC’s Information Sciences Institute Ph.D student Rizvi published the “playbook” at the prestigious USENIX Security Symposium.

Comparing Data While Keeping It Private
Tanmay Ghai’s work in maintaining privacy in entity resolution has garnered attention at the University of Southern California and beyond.

Finding Bugs Faster Than Hackers
USC Information Sciences Institute researchers have developed a novel approach to quickly identify security vulnerabilities.

“Cloudy With a Chance of Misbehavior”: Researching Malicious Traffic originating from Cloud Machines
ISI researcher Jelena Mirkovic and students team up to research cloud providers and the “misbehavior” that occurs on these platforms.