Carnegie Mellon University CyLab

07/23/2026

Lorrie Cranor, CyLab Director, will be a featured speaker at Convene Boston on August 13-14, hosted by the National Cybersecurity Alliance. Professor Cranor will share the latest CyLab research on why people fall for scams — including what researchers have learned about teen and adult susceptibility to online scams, why students are particularly vulnerable, and how AI-generated contextual warnings may help people avoid text message scams.

See full details and register here: https://www.staysafeonline.org/events/convene-boston

07/10/2026

A new white paper from Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab Security Academy examines how artificial intelligence may be changing what cybersecurity competitions measure, and the extent to which performance reflects underlying expertise.

A new CyLab white paper examines how artificial intelligence may be changing what cybersecurity competitions measure, and the extent to which performance reflects underlying expertise.

07/07/2026

Want to help cultivate rewarding partnerships in , , , and research? CyLab is hiring an Assistant/Associate Director of Partnerships! Learn more and apply here: https://bit.ly/cylab-hiring

06/18/2026

CyLab has launched a new collaboration with the Amazon Web Services Startups Activate Program that will provide cloud computing resources, technical guidance, business mentorship, and go-to-market resources to support CyLab Venture Network startup partners.

CyLab has launched a new collaboration with AWS Startups that will provide cloud computing resources, technical guidance, business mentorship, and go-to-market resources to support CyLab Venture Network startup partners.

06/10/2026

Lorrie Cranor, CyLab Director, visited with Mayor Corey O'Connor of the City of Pittsburgh this week to discuss her children’s book, “Privacy, Please!” as well as strategies that parents and educators of preschool-age children can use in having age-appropriate conversations about personal boundaries and digital safety.

06/01/2026

Can posting a “peace sign” selfie put you at an increased risk of biometric identity theft? CyLab faculty member Vyas Sekar of Carnegie Mellon University Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) sets the record straight with Lauren Fichten of CBS News:

Claims have circulated on social media that fingerprints can be pulled from photos featuring peace signs, but experts say the risk to the average person is low.

05/20/2026

For the fifth consecutive year, Carnegie Mellon University students have claimed first place in the MITREcorp Embedded Capture the Flag (eCTF) competition, further cementing the university’s status as the top program in one of the nation’s most demanding collegiate security contests.

For the fifth consecutive year, Carnegie Mellon University students have claimed first place in the MITRE Embedded Capture the Flag (eCTF) cybersecurity competition, further cementing the university’s status as the top program in one of the nation’s most demanding collegiate security contests.

05/18/2026

Public Knowledge cited recent research from CyLab researchers Yanzi Lin, Cheng Zhang, Madelyne Xiao, Lorrie Cranor, and Sarah Scheffler in its newest white paper, “Getting Age Assurance Right: A Risk-Based Framework for High-Risk Online Features,” by Government Affairs Director Sara Collins. Read the full white paper below, and learn more about the findings, which Professor Cranor will present at the 2026 USENIX Conference on Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR '26).

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05/01/2026

CyLab faculty members Lorrie Cranor and Norman Sadeh recently participated as panelists at “Privacy Regulation Strategies for 2026,” a tech policy forum hosted by Carnegie Mellon University’s Block Center for Technology and Society. Professor Cranor’s panel discussed the current fragmentation of the U.S. privacy landscape, while Professor Sadeh’s panel shared strategies for identifying and measuring violations. Learn about key findings, read policy recommendations, and watch full panel videos at the following link: https://www.cmu.edu/block-center/news-events/block-center-tech-policy-forum

04/30/2026

AI is already transforming , but how well can today’s tools defend against fast-moving, AI-powered attacks they’ve never seen before?

CyLab’s Cyber Autonomy Initiative is exploring the real limits of current and LLM-based cyber defense systems to better understand what’s needed for resilient, next-generation security. Learn how CyLab is helping shape the future of autonomous cyber defense.

Advances in AI are dramatically changing the playing field in cybersecurity. AI is enabling attacks to be faster, more effective, and much more numerous. For the cybersecurity community to stay a step ahead of its adversaries, defense techniques and strategies need to be fundamentally rethought with...