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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
By exploiting smartphones' accelerometers, hackers could detect and even decipher words typed on a nearby keyboard, says research by Patrick Traynor (Computer Science) and colleagues. Source: Network World
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Smartphone users, beware! Hackers could use your mobile to find out what you are typing on a nearby computer at your workplace, says Patrick Traynor (Computer Science). Source: Zee News
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Patrick Traynor (Computer Science) says seemingly innocuous apps, once downloaded, could contain malware that would use smartphones' accelerometers to spy on nearby keyboards. Source: Wired
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The danger of smartphone accelerometers as a cyber-attack vector, says Patrick Traynor (Computer Science), is that applications typically can gain access to a phone's accelerometer without user approval. Source: Science a Go Go
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Georgia Tech researchers led by Patrick Traynor (Computer Science) have discovered how smartphones' accelerometers on smart phones can collect meaningful data by sensing nearby keyboard vibrations. Source: Government Computer News
Sunday, October 16, 2011
A research team led by Patrick Traynor (Computer Science) has discovered how to program a smartphone to sense nearby keyboard vibrations and decipher complete sentences with up to 80 percent accuracy. Source: Office of Communications
Monday, October 10, 2011
ATLANTA – Oct. 11, 2011 – The year ahead will feature new and increasingly sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data, as well as escalating battles over the control of online information that threatens to compromise content and erode public trust and privacy. Those were the findings made by the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in today's release of the Georgia Tech Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2012. Source: Office of Communications
Monday, October 10, 2011
ATLANTA – Oct. 11, 2011 – Today the citizens of Liberia will elect a president, eight years after the end of its civil war, with the specter of violence still hanging overhead. But what if social media, Professor Michael Best (Interactive Computing) is asking, could identify and even help prevent dangerous situations from occurring? Source: Office of Communications
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Thanks to Rich DeMillo (Computer Science) and the Center for 21st Century Universities, Georgia Tech is shaking up traditional education by offering its first massive open online course (MOOC), which allowins students to encounter leaders and classmates from around the world via blogs, twitter, emails and through a global study group. Source: Innovating Education
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Thanks to Rich DeMillo (Computer Science) and the Center for 21st Century Universities, Georgia Tech is shaking up traditional education by offering its first massive open online course (MOOC), which allowins students to encounter leaders and classmates from around the world via blogs, twitter, emails and through a global study group. Source: Innovating Education
