Displaying items by tag: department of computer science
Summer rental fraud is a growing problem; knowing what to look for and how to protect yourself will keep you from getting burned on vacation.
UAB researchers develop simple techniques to combat complex mobile device malware; hand gestures prevent phones from being secretly hijacked.
UAB researcher spends $15 to educate 20,000 disadvantaged students in Bangladesh and India online; wins a Google RISE Award for his efforts.
UAB researcher awarded Department of Homeland Security grant to develop system for verifying mobile device provenance.
McQuade is the author of The Encyclopedia of Cyber Crime and Cyber Bullying: Protecting Kids and Adults from Online Bullies.
UAB team rewarded for helping stop social media botnet and others; Facebook donates $250,000 of money recovered from spammers to CIA|JFR
New security mechanism uses proximity-detection approach to prevent “mafia fraud” attacks, theft of financial information.
Leaders in social networks, banks and law enforcement turn to UAB’s computer forensics team to connect criminals to online crimes.
UAB Spam Data Mine links Internet scam to cybercriminals accused of hacking more than 400 million computers.
UAB creates center for interdisciplinary research and development in computer, accounting and life sciences.