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Technology Watch

SCI Research Presentations.

Student Activities

Every semester, our SCI students form teams to research and deliver presentations on recent developments in cybersecurity, which are called "Technology Watch" presentations. The topics from the previous semesters are as follows:

Spring 2025:

  • Cyber Kill Chain models
  • KNOTWEED: European private-sector offensive actor using 0-day exploits
  • Accessing Deleted and Private Repository Data on GitHub
  • The Decoy Dog malware
  • Using snail mail in cyber attacks (and More general threats using QR codes Phishing)
  • Hackers use ZIP file concatenation to evade detection (and Other attacks exploiting the ZIP file format)

Fall 2024:

  • The xz Utils backdoor
  • Stealth Backdoor “Android/Xamalicious”
  • The 0.0.0.0 day browser vulnerability
  • The National Public Data Breach
  • Poisoning software updates via ISP breach

Spring 2024:

  • The Terrapin attack
  • The StripedFly malware
  • Storm-0558 attack techniques
  • Volt Typhoon
  • Ransomware attacks

Fall 2023:

  • MOVEit Data Breach
  • (yet another) T-Mobile Data Breach
  • Dell kernel-privilege bug
  • Drovorub Linux malware
  • SuperVPN data breach

Spring 2023:

  • LastPass Data Breach
  • PNG Steganography Hides Backdoor
  • The Caffeine Phishing-as-a-Service Platform
  • Google Ad Fraud Campaign Used Adult Content to Make Millions
  • Attackers Use Event Logs to Hide File-less Malware
  • Russian Software Disguised as American Found on US Army, CDC Apps

Fall 2022:

  • The Pegasus Spyware
  • Mars Stealer Malware Campaign Using Google Ads to Spread
  • Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Hack
  • Pipedream Malware Toolkit: a Swiss Army Knife for Hacking Industrial Control Systems
  • Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) Phishing Attacks: From Cookie Theft to BEC

Spring 2022:

  • Nine WiFi Routers Used by Millions Were Vulnerable to 226 Flaws
  • Log4Shell 0-day Vulnerability
  • Major Gaming Companies Hit With Ransomware
  • Google Reveals Sophisticated Windows and Android Hacking Operation
  • Android Banking Malware Infects 300,000 Google Play Users
  • Open Redirection Phishing Attack
  • RTF Injection for Phishing

Fall 2021:

  • Windows PrintNightmare Vulnerability
  • GoogleDocs Weaponized by Hackers
  • 100 Million Personal Data Leak
  • T-Mobile Data Breach

 

 

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