CyLab
@CyLab
CyLab is @CarnegieMellon's Security & Privacy Institute. Our 300+ researchers are passionate about creating a world in which technology can be trusted.
A team of @CarnegieMellon researchers f/ Brian Singer, @lujobauer, and @vyas_sekar show how LLMs can be taught to autonomously plan and execute real-world cyberattacks against enterprise-grade network environments—and why this matters for future defenses. See full details below:
In a groundbreaking development, a team of CMU @CyLab researchers including Brian Singer, @lujobauer, and @vyas_sekar demonstrated that large language models (LLMs) are capable of autonomously planning and executing complex network attacks. bit.ly/when-llms-auto…
.@AnthropicAI has announced a $1 million contribution to support @picoctf, which provides students a free #cybersecurity education platform to learn skills through an annual capture-the-flag competition, yearlong learning guides, and regular tutorials. See full details below:
At @SenMcCormickPA’s Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, we announced $2M for @CarnegieMellon programs to advance AI energy solutions and cybersecurity education.
CMU has released a series of faculty-authored position statements aimed at informing the national dialogue on energy & innovation, including the work that @CyLab researchers are doing to mitigate increasingly sophisticated, AI-driven cybersecurity threats. cylab.cmu.edu/news/2025/07/1…
.@CarnegieMellon faculty members and students are set to share their research at this week’s 2025 Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (@PET_Symposium) in Washington, D.C. Learn more about the @CyLab co-authored papers to be presented at #pets25: cylab.cmu.edu/news/2025/07/1…
Many thanks to Paul Ohm, Professor of Law at @GeorgetownLaw, for visiting @CyLab today to discuss his work connecting recent landmark papers in machine learning to important, interesting, and emerging questions in the law. #ML
.@niloofar_mire, incoming @CyLab, @CMU_EPP, and @LTIatCMU professor, shares tips with @ShiraOvide and @heatherkelly of @washingtonpost that individuals can use to help protect their #privacy when utilizing chatbots. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
On July 28-29, @CyLab will host a Robotics Security and Privacy Workshop on the @CarnegieMellon campus, convening leading researchers and experts from across academia and industry. See full details and request to attend below: cylab.cmu.edu/news/2025/06/1…
SCS faculty members Rohan Padhye, Yonatan Bisk, Todd Mowry, Aayush Jain and Dimitrios Skarlatos have received Amazon Research Awards to support work in areas like AI, cryptography and automated reasoning. cs.cmu.edu/news/2025/amaz…
.@CarnegieMellon researchers are set to present five papers and chair one program session at the 46th ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation (#PLDI2025). Learn more about their @PLDI research: cylab.cmu.edu/news/2025/06/1…
A new framework developed at @CarnegieMellon seeks to improve #privacy notices and choices, which could give users more autonomy over their digital footprint. Learn more about UsersFirst: cylab.cmu.edu/news/2025/06/1…
African organizations are partnering with educational institutions like @picoctf-Africa to teach students and young adults #cybersecurity skills in response to significant increases in cybercrime. Learn how via @DarkReading: darkreading.com/cybersecurity-…
.@CyLab faculty members and students will lead three presentations at next week’s @usenix Conference on Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (#PEPR25). Learn more about the research they will be presenting: cylab.cmu.edu/news/2025/05/2…
“I have trouble believing if this system will actually solve this problem.” Professor Lorrie Cranor (@lorrietweet), @CyLab Director, speaks to @lisabonos of @washingtonpost about the “World” biometric “proof of human” credential network: wapo.st/3GNME7Y
Professor Lorrie Cranor (@lorrietweet), @CyLab Director, gives the keynote presentation at #Cyburgh2025, presented by @pghtech and @EthicalIntruder. In her keynote, Professor Cranor shared examples of usable #privacy and #security research. #PTCCyburgh #PittsburghTech #InfoSec
Congratulations to Professor Rohan Padhye (@moarbugs) and team on receiving @TheOfficialACM @sigsoft Distinguished Paper Award!
Delighted to receive an ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Award for this work! Proud of @shrey_twr and the REU students visiting the PASTA lab :-)
.@CMU_ECE alum Anna Gerchanovsky (MS ‘24) and @CyLab postdoctoral research alum @_ericzeng present #security and #privacy research at this week’s @acm_chi #CHI2025 in Yokohama, Japan.
@CyLab wrote a great article on @hankhplee's #chi2025 paper on Purpose Mode. He presented it today and did a great job! PurposeMode reduces distraction on social media from 28% -> 7%. You can use it, too! It's open source :) cylab.cmu.edu/news/2025/04/2…
Students from @S3DatCMU’s Privacy Engineering Program shared their research during today’s poster session at @CarnegieMellon, highlighting implementations of different #privacy-enhancing technologies including differential privacy, homomorphic encryption, and federated learning.
“I find it odd that Apple is fighting this without explaining their rationale.” In a @washingtonpost article, Prof. @lorrietweet, @CyLab Director, tells @chrisvelazco that restoring @Apple accounts for users whose iPhones have been stolen is solvable: washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
Many thanks to Seth Neel (@SethInternet), Senior Research Scientist at @GoogleAI, for visiting campus today to discuss his research on machine unlearning as part of the @CyLab Seminar Series.
