Patrick Traynor, Ph.D., the John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering and associate professor at the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has been named a Fellow by the Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI) at… Read More
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Cybersecurity Expert Named the John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering
The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida has named Patrick Traynor, Ph.D., the John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering. Traynor came to the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE)… Read More
Extortion extinction: Researchers develop a way to stop ransomware
Ransomware – what hackers use to encrypt your computer files and demand money in exchange for freeing those contents – is an exploding global problem with few solutions, but a team of University of Florida researchers says it has developed… Read More
Mobile Purchase Fraud on the rise
A new study by Lexis Nexis, a digital risk management company, says mobile purchase fraud is on the rise. The study reports that the money stolen through mobile transactions went up 70 percent last year when compared to 2013. Concerns… Read More