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Networking & Cybersecurity News Feed

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January 23, 2023

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.

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November 15, 2022

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.

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August 18, 2022

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.

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August 8, 2022

Finding Bugs Faster Than Hackers

USC Information Sciences Institute researchers have developed a novel approach to quickly identify security vulnerabilities.

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May 27, 2021

“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.

IP blocklists help prevent attack traffic, but can sometimes block regular users from accessing sites
April 15, 2021

The Block Busters: USC Researchers Find New Methods to Quantify IP Blocklisting

Internet users can suddenly be locked out of a website because their IP address gets flagged. How does this happen?

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December 12, 2020

USC ISI Cybersecurity Expert Terry Benzel Elected to IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors

In her new position, Benzel will serve as an IEEE Board member and a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee.

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December 10, 2020

USC ISI’s DeterLab Testbed Gets a Makeover

The state-of-the-art networking testbed platform undergoes modernization

Zoom and other virtual platforms see an increase in Internet usage as COVID-19 pandemic continues.
August 28, 2020

Zoom Work Meetings, Anyone?

Researchers at USC ISI prepare for future emergencies during COVID 19 pandemic.

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August 27, 2020

Paul Mockapetris receives Software System Award

Former ISI researcher, Paul Mockapetris recognized for development of DNS.

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