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BLADE Software Eliminates "Drive-By Downloads" from Malicious Websites

October 6, 2010

Insecure Web browsers and the growing number of complex applets and browser plug-in applications are allowing malicious software to spread faster than ever on the Internet. Some websites are installing malicious code, such as spyware, on computers without the user's knowledge or consent.

These so-called "drive-by downloads" signal a shift away from using spam and malicious e-mail attachments to infect computers. Approximately 560,000 websites -- and 5.5 million Web pages on those sites -- were infected with malware during the fourth quarter of 2009.

Georgia Tech to Pursue 'Transparent Internet' With $1M Google Focused Research Award


Nick Feamster, assistant professor at Georgia Tech's College of Computing and researcher at the Georgia Tech Information Security Center offers his expertise on the Epislon data breach and what users and custodians can do to protect their data.Com

March 21, 2011

ATLANTA – March 22, 2010 – What if Internet users could click a button and determine whether their service was being artificially slowed down? Or if the government were censoring their content? In the name of Internet transparency, a team of Georgia Tech researchers will use a $1 million Google Focused Research Award to provide Internet users around the world with just those kinds of tools.

Lee, Edwards Named Directors of College Research Centers

August 2, 2012

Professors Wenke Lee and Keith Edwards have been named directors of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) and the GVU Center, respectively, College of Computing Dean Zvi Galil announced Aug. 1.

BLADE Software Eliminates "Drive-By Downloads" from Malicious Websites

Summary Sentence: 
Researchers developed a tool that eliminates drive-by downloads.

Researchers have developed a new tool that eliminates drive-by download threats. BLADE is browser-independent and when tested, it blocked all drive-by malware installation attempts from more than 1,900 malicious websites and produced no false positives. Source: Office of Communications

Location: 
Atlanta, GA
Release: 
Friday, October 8, 2010 - 15:25
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Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 15:25

Georgia Tech to Pursue 'Transparent Internet' With $1M Google Focused Research Award

Subtitle: 
Two-year project will provide tools for users worldwide to monitor their Internet Service Providers’ performance
Summary Sentence: 
Researchers will develop tools to measure network performance, detect data censorship.

A team of Georgia Tech researchers will use a $1 million Google award to provide Internet users around the world with tools to measure their Internet Service Providers' performance, as well as detect whether their data is being tampered with. Source: Office of Communications

Location: 
Atlanta, GA
Contact: 

Brendan Streich

Director of Communications

Georgia Tech College of Computing

(404) 313-5944

Release: 
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 08:42
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Monday, June 20, 2011 - 08:42
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Google Spends $1 Million on Censorship, Throttling Detection

Google has awarded $1 million to a project led by Nick Feamster and Wenke Lee (Computer Science) so that they can develop simple tools to detect Internet throttling, government censorship and other "transparency" problems. Source: Ars Technica

Location: 
Atlanta, GA
Release: 
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 10:39
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 10:39

Google Gives Georgia Tech $1M to Build Benchmark for Open Internet

You can benchmark the cycles of your CPU, power of your GPU, speed of your Internet connection and a myriad of other seemingly important things. However, there's one missing benchmark that could make all those seem rather frivolous: the openness of your connection. Source: Engadget

Location: 
Atlanta, GA
Release: 
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 13:24
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 13:24

Google Gives Georgia Tech $1M for Tools to Detect Big Brother

Google has awarded Georgia Tech $1 million to study and develop tools to help people detect if their Internet access is being slowed down—or blocked—by a service provider or even the government. Source: Creative Loafing

Location: 
Atlanta, GA
Release: 
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 13:22
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 13:22

Georgia Tech Gets $1 Million From Google

With some 60 countries worldwide censoring online content, Georgia Tech will use a $1 million grant from Google to develop tools that will promote Internet transparency. Nick Feamster and Wenke Lee (Computer Science) are principal investigators. Source: AJC.com

Location: 
Atlanta, GA
Release: 
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 13:20
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 13:20

Google Funds Tools to Expose Internet Shutdown, Censorship

In the wake of Internet blackouts in Egypt and Libya, Google has announced it is awarding at least $1 million to Georgia Tech researchers working on tools that will immediately reveal when governments are trying to shut down or censor use of the Internet. Source: Network World

Location: 
Atlanta, GA
Release: 
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 11:06
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 11:06
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