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Skirting the Screener: How students fake NYU’s COVID pass

Skirting the Screener: How students fake NYU’s COVID pass

Jae Jin, Staff Writer April 21, 2022
Frustrated with the Daily Screener, students are finding ways to avoid completing it.
Tandon hosted HackNYU 2020, NYU’s annual hackathon. Contestants compete in categories of sustainability, health and wellbeing, education and financial empowerment. (Photo by Alana Beyer)

Hackers Compete at NYU Tandon

NYU’s annual hackathon challenged participants to use technology in innovative ways.
Emily Glass, Contributing Writer March 8, 2020

In Tandon School of Engineering’s gymnasium, no table was spared from the barrage of half-finished energy drinks and snacks strewn among computers. Small teams collaborated at...

Tandon School of Engineering Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Damon McCoy found that ransomware has cyber attacked thousands of users.

NYU Professor Finds $16 Million Impact of Ransomware

Sarah Jackson, Deputy News Editor April 9, 2018
A new study conducted by an NYU professor details the pervasiveness and costliness of malware in the current digital landscape.
A student uses the “Duo Push” authentication method to log in to an NYU account.

Nearly Six Months After Rollout, NYU Community Evaluates MFA

Paul Kim, Staff Writer March 21, 2018
Feelings are mixed about Multi-Factor Authentication — a security measure that was made mandatory to the NYU community six months ago.
Tandon School of Engineering Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Damon McCoy found that ransomware has cyber attacked thousands of users.

Tandon Cyber Fellows on the Front Line of Cyber Defense

Richard Tran, Contributing Writer March 2, 2018
The NYU Tandon School of Engineering offers a master's program in cybersecurity, hoping to address the shortage of professionals in the industry, especially in light of recent hackings of major corporations.

NYU Abu Dhabi Researchers Lay the Groundwork for an ‘Unhackable’ Microchip

Mack DeGeurin, Deputy News Editor September 4, 2017
NYU Abu Dhabi researches create first unhackable chip.
The advancement of technology is accelerating exponentially. The NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology was launched this week. (Staff Photo by Euan Prentis)

NYU Sophomores Stumble Upon IT Hack

Herman Lee, Staff Writer May 1, 2017
Two Tandon students have discovered a vulnerability in the NYU Print Service software that allows hackers to take full control of any computer as long as they are on the same WiFi network as their victims.
Improve Cybersecurity at NYU

Improve Cybersecurity at NYU

WSN Editorial Board April 10, 2017
NYU has an obligation to not only alert its students of potential cyber threats, but take more serious measures to assure attacks like these do not occur again.
Yahoo Hacking Scandal is a Wake-Up Call

Yahoo Hacking Scandal is a Wake-Up Call

Jack Campbell, Contributing Writer October 5, 2016
Both people and the websites they visit must be willing to take action in the interest of online security.
HackNY winner Dan Cadden, a junior at Temple University, presents his hack, CalClash.

NYU hosts 24-hour hacking marathon

Valentina Duque Bojanini, News Editor October 20, 2014
Coverage of the annual NYU Hackathon hosted by the NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
courtesy of gazelle.org

From the Emirates: Why we hack

February 17, 2014
A writer at The Gazelle explains the passion behind hacking.
This year's NYU Hackathon is this weekend, from February 19-21.

Poly hacking competition comes to close, winners announced

November 18, 2013
Finalists from Poly's capture-the-flag round came to New York to compete in Poly's hacking competition finals.