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Category: research New industry-university collaboration to pioneer future wireless networks , articleThe National Science Foundation Industry-University Research Center led by Virginia Tech has funded 10 projects to advance the next generation of wireless networks.
Date: May 21, 2025 - -
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Category: campus experience Kevin Rooney named senior director of Secure Identity Services , articleRooney, a two-time Virginia Tech alumnus, has been with the Division of Information Technology since 2006.
Date: May 16, 2025 - -
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Category: campus experience Hokie hackers receive high marks at National Security Agency Cyber Exercise , articleVirginia Tech students took third place in the annual competition. Behind only the U.S. Air Force Academy and U.S. Military Academy, the 19-person team bested the rest of the 30-plus teams at the event in Linthicim Heights, Maryland, last month.
Date: May 15, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction New research exposes harmful digital ad practices , articleMuhammad Ali Gulzar’s research team wasn’t looking for a quirk in digital advertising systems that exploits screen reading technologies and could lead to accessibility violations for web developers. But the discovery could improve the lives of more than 2 billion people worldwide and help website developers make their content more accessible.
Date: May 02, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Experts explain ways to safeguard against AI-enhanced scams , articleScams enhanced by upgrades to artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to reach a new level of deception. A panel of Virginia Tech experts, including computer ethics educator Dan Dunlap, digital literacy educator Julia Feerrar, cybersecurity researcher Murat Kantarcioglu, and criminologist Katalin Parti, discuss the implications of this ever-advancing technology.
Date: Apr 30, 2025 - -
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Category: research Commonwealth Cyber Initiative unites Virginia universities to advance AI and cybersecurity research , articleThe Commonwealth Cyber Initiative awarded 18 seed grants to nine Virginia public universities for a total of $1.61 million to address cybersecurity issues in artificial intelligence.
Date: Apr 29, 2025 - -
General ItemCategory: campus experience Enhanced authentication service upgrades your online security
Enhanced Duo 2-Factor authentication will be rolled out to the university community starting in July.
Date: Apr 25, 2025 - -
General ItemCategory: campus experience Students: Enhanced 2FA upgrades your online security
Students will be moved to the more secure, enhanced version of Duo 2-Factor authentication starting July 7, 2025.
Date: Apr 25, 2025 - -
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Category: research 'Curious Conversations' podcast: Brendan David-John talks about the dangers of gaze data , articleDavid-John explores the potential for gaze data to reveal personal information and related security implications, especially in a military context, and shared the projects he’s currently working on to better mitigate this threat.
Date: Mar 31, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Experts explain Signal, cybersecurity, and how a journalist was sent high-level military intelligence , articleA journalist was inadvertently added to a group chat on the encrypted app Signal between high-level U.S government officials planning a military operation. Virginia Tech cybersecurity and social platform experts France Bélanger, Aaron Brantly, Jimmy Ivory and Anthony Vance explain what Signal is, how it works, and how such a breach of national security could happen.
Date: Mar 25, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Virginia Cyber Range unlocks new challenges through capture the flag competitions , articleThe competitions offer students a chance to test their cybersecurity skills and knowledge and connect with their peers in a fun, collaborative environment.
Date: Mar 24, 2025 - -
General ItemCategory: campus experience New Exchange Online feature helps prevent phishing, spoofing Date: Mar 20, 2025 -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Rigorous mathematical approaches could help protect military personnel , articleTwo Virginia Tech researchers are a part of a multi-institution Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program to improve the security of the U.S. military in mixed-reality environments.
Date: Mar 12, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Don’t leave all your airport security to TSA, cybersecurity expert says , articleVirginia Tech cybersecurity expert Matt Hicks gives tips on avoiding fraudsters that troll free airport Wi-Fi signals for traveler credit card numbers and banking passwords.
Date: Mar 05, 2025 - -
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Category: news directly from around campus Virginia Tech alumnus named Association of Computing Machinery Fellow , articleThe Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) has recognized Russ Housley, a 1982 Virginia Tech computer science alumnus as a fellow. The founder of Vigil Security is honored for his contributions in Internet security standards and leadership in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Date: Feb 25, 2025 - -
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Category: research National Academy of Inventors names seven senior members , articleAlaa Algargoosh, Anna Duraj-Thatte, Jonas Hauptman, Brook Kennedy, Guoliang "Greg" Liu, Roop Mahajan, and Danfeng "Daphne" Yao were among 162 emerging inventors from across the nation to make up the 2025 class of senior members for the National Academy of Inventors.
Date: Feb 24, 2025 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech leads research to expose new privacy concerns with virtual reality , articleEye tracking by VR/AR headsets produces what’s called “gaze data,” or information gleaned from where your eyes focus attention. How it is captured and used — and by whom — could pose significant security and privacy challenges. Brendan David-John and Bo Ji are leading a National Science Foundation project to better secure these systems.
Date: Feb 10, 2025 - -
General ItemCategory: campus experience Be judicious when sharing university data with publicly available AI tools
The university community is reminded to follow Virginia Tech’s policies and security guidelines when sharing data with generative AI tools.
Date: Feb 05, 2025 -
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