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Department of Cybersecurity
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May 28, 2025
AI expert: ‘Use common sense’ as generative AI videos become more realistic
WROC-TV talks with Matthew Wright, endowed professor and chair of RIT's Department of Cybersecurity, about the capabilities of Google VEO 3 and other generative AI video platforms.
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May 13, 2025
CTIBench: Evaluating LLMs in Cyber Threat Intelligence with Nidhi Rastogi
The TWIML AI Podcast with Sam Charrington interviewed Nidhi Rastogi, assistant professor of software engineering, about the evaluation tool CTIBench. Rastogi and a team of computing and information sciences Ph.D. students created the benchmark for evaluating large language models in cyber threat intelligence applications.
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May 13, 2025
RIT showcase offers glimpse of early tech innovation cycle
TechTarget speaks to Paloma Hamilton, fifth-year mechanical engineering student; Geoff Twardokus, electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student; and Christopher Collison, director of RIT's AI Hub and Initiatives, about the innovative developments featured at Imagine RIT.
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May 8, 2025
GIANT card systems outage reportedly ‘resolved’
WHTM-TV speaks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the payment system security breach.
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March 31, 2025
Cybersecurity expert weighs in on reported Signal usage by Trump admin
WHAM-TV speaks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the messaging app Signal.
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March 28, 2025
‘Can happen to anyone’ really means ‘anyone’: abc27 meteorologist’s Facebook account hacked
WHTM-TV speaks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about using authenticator apps to protect online accounts.
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March 27, 2025
Cybersecurity expert explains the Signal app
NewsRadio WHAM 1180 chats with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the war plans discussed using the Signal messaging app. (Interview starts at 4 minutes, 55 seconds.)
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March 26, 2025
Local cybersecurity expert explains 'Signal'
WGRZ speaks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the popular messaging app Signal, which offers end-to-end message encryption.
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March 24, 2025
Deepfakes: What to Know About AI Images and Videos
CNET interviews Matthew Wright, Endowed Professor and department chair in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the fight against deepfakes. Ph.D. students John Sohrawardi and Kelly Wu also break down tips on how to spot deepfakes.
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March 3, 2025
Cybersecurity students compete in national contest at RIT
WHAM-TV highlights the national cybersecurity competition organized by RIT students.
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February 19, 2025
Posts share Trump deepfake after reported call with Putin
MSN.com features Matthew Wright, Endowed Professor and department chair in the Department of Cybersecurity, speaking about about the deepfake.
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January 31, 2025
RCSD warns community of data breach
Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, speaks to WROC-TV about the data breach.