Ransomware attacks have become more common since COVID-19 pandemic DALLAS (SMU) - Engineers from SMU's Darwin Deason Institute for Cybersecurity have developed software that detects ransomware attacks before attackers can inflict catastrophic damage. Ransomware -- a type of malware infection that causes important data files to be locked and prevents users from accessing their important [...]
BALANCED Media|Technology and Complexity Gaming have launched a citizen science effort that will test drug compounds against coronavirus, helping SMU sift through possible treatments faster Source: HEWMEN DALLAS (SMU) – While medical professionals everywhere have been hard at work for months searching for a cure to the COVID-19 virus, an unlikely industry has [...]
DALLAS (SMU) – The coronavirus pandemic isn’t just a serious threat to people’s health. It’s also giving cybercriminals the perfect opportunity to access your computer and potentially steal sensitive information, warns an SMU cybersecurity expert. Mitch Thornton, executive director of the Deason Institute for Cyber Security in SMU's Lyle School of Engineering, said there are a number of factors [...]
Leakage in Ken Regan field could have contaminated groundwater for livestock and irrigation between 2007 and 2011 DALLAS (SMU) – Geophysicists at SMU say that evidence of leak occurring in a West Texas wastewater disposal well between 2007 and 2011 should raise concerns about the current potential for contaminated groundwater and damage to surrounding infrastructure. [...]
DALLAS (SMU) – The Lyle School of Engineering, Guildhall and the Simmons School of Education & Human Development at SMU will use a $1,521,615 grant from the National Science Foundation to research teaching computer science and computational thinking through the popular video game, Minecraft. Research will span the fields of game design, human computer interaction, [...]
Brett Story DALLAS (SMU) – Seems like smartphones can do everything these days. Add to that list gathering information on bridge’s structural health. Brett Story, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at SMU's Lyle School of Engineering, and students at Garland High School are using smartphones in passing cars to check if [...]
SMU researchers were able to detect what is typed with remarkable accuracy using just a smartphone DALLAS (SMU) – You likely know to avoid suspicious emails to keep hackers from gleaning personal information from your computer. But a new study from SMU (Southern Methodist University) suggests that it’s possible to access your information in a [...]
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DALLAS (SMU) – Faculty and students in SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering will use an $849,839 grant from the National Science Foundation to improve unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) communications, with the potential to enable the next wave of drone applications ranging from delivery of consumer goods to supporting autonomous combat and search and rescue efforts. [...]