News Coverage
January 2025
WIVB/CBS: Cybersecurity expert weighs in on the TikTok ban
November 2024
Yahoo News: Tech expert warns your 23andMe genetic data could be at risk
October 2024
WIVB/CBS: Bills fans warn others about online ticket hackers
September 2024
WIVB/CBS: How to protect yourself and your family as phishing scams reach record numbers
WKBW/ABC: Email scam targets West Seneca man; experts provide tips on how to avoid falling victim
July 2024
PC Matic: The Cyber Scam Report conversation with the Cyber Hygiene Academy
WKBW/ABC: “Phones are our lifelines” Experts warn of the dangers of cell service deadlines.
June 2024
May 2024
April 2024
CyberSip: Keeping kids safe online: A call to action
March 2024
WIVB/CBS: Change Health Care cyber attacks fallout continues
WBEN: Cybersecurity expert Arun Vishwanath on cyber attacks on hospitals
January 2024
WIVB/ABC: “The Mother of All Breaches” 26B leaked data records and what it means to all of us.
Barcode Risk Radar: Safeguarding our children’s digital future.
December 2023
DarkReading: Safeguarding Our Children’s Digital Future: A Call to Action
November 2023
WIVB/ABC: Create rules that protect you: Tips to shop safely this Cyber Monday from a cybersecurity expert.
KWCH Kansas: Judicial branch still reviewing scope of cyberattack
October 2023
CT Public Radio’s The Colin McEnroe Show: URGENT: Please immediately listen to this show about scam emails
WKBW: WNY small businesses warn of social media hacks
August 2023
Barclay Damon, LLP’s Cybersip Podcast hosted by Kevin Szczepanski: Social Engineering: The People Problem of Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity News: Phishing Emails Generated by ChatGPT & Human Models Gained 81% Click Rates
TechTarget: Researchers put LLMs to the test in phishing email experiment.
PC Magazine: What to expect at Black hat 2023
WKBW/ABC: Credit card skimmers at Walmarts across the state
May 2023
Lawfare book review by Jonathan Cedarbaum: Can better training reduce the success rate of phishing attacks?
April 2023
WKBW/ABC: Cyber security expert weighs in on West Ferry home raid, takedown of criminal marketplace
WIVB/CBS 10.30 News Live: Cybersecurity expert Arun Vishwanath weighs in on the FBI takedown of the Genesis Marketplace.
March 2023
WKBW/ABC News: Concerns over threats made on Discord as app hits a half a billion users
WBEN: Arun Vishwanath on Tik Tok ban on federal devices
January 2023
Homeland Security Today: Winning Cybersecurity Paper Addresses Algorithm Accuracy
GCN: No good deed goes unpunished: How phishing exploits government workers
December 2022
FriendlyFire Podcast: The right intent, the wrong approach to cyber resilience
November 2022
KBKast The Voice of Cyber Podcast: Risk Management using the weakest link
Dark Reading: Build Security Around Users: A Human-First Approach to Cyber Resilience
October 2022
Learning to Hack with Helen: Podcast with Helen Oakley
September 2022
Dark Reading: Time to change our flawed approach to security awareness
The CyBUrGuy Podcast: A deep dive into social engineering with Arun Vishwanath
BarCode Podcast Ep 65: The Weakest Link
July 2022
WKBW/ABC: Local experts weigh in on new concealed carry legislation
May 2022
WIVB/CBS: On the mass shooting at the TOPS in Buffalo
WBEN: Removing harmful content from the web a challenge
KWCH 12/CBS: Agriculture company AGCO hit by ransomware attack
March 2022
DarkReading: Stopping Russian cyber attacks at their source
WIVB/CBS: Cybersecurity expert shares tips on protecting yourself online amid Russia-Ukraine war
LinkedIn: The end of the beginning of COVID-19
September 2021
WIVB/CBS: Cybersecurity expert discusses accusations against Facebook
WBEN: Cyber expert on digital vaccine passports: “Do you want your data out there?”
Forbes: How likely is your employee to cause a data breach?
August 2021
#8thLayerInsights: Podcast hosted by Perry Carpenter
June 2021
WBEN: Cyber security expert discusses phone scams
WBEN: Wegmans cloud databases exposed
May 2021
CNN: We could have stopped the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack
WBEN: Cybersecyrity expert discusses Amazon Sidewalk
Cheddar TV: Cybersecurity expert on the Problems Tackling Middle East MisInformation
WBEN: Cybersecurity expert discusses BPS ransomware attack
WKBW-ABC: BPS school familes & teacher data may have been breached
April 2021
WKBW-ABC: How does Excelsior Pass actually work?
WBEN: Vaccine passport for Bills games reignites debates over legality and user privacy
WKBW-ABC: Bills fans have mixed reactions to vaccine requirement for home games
March 2021
WKBW-ABC: Ransomware attack shutdown all Buffalo school learning
January 2021
KWCH12: Changing social media environment adds challenges to monitoring threats
December 2020
November 2020
AKBW-ABC: How to protect yourself from online shopping scams
WBEN Radio: What can be done to speed up electoral counting?
September 2020
Voice of America: China data leak points to massive global collection effort.
Voice of America: How Facebook’s Zuckerberg went from courting to criticizing Beijing
Voice of America (China): Zuckerberg evolving views on China and TikTok
August 2020
ipSwitch: Data security in the cloud Part 2
ipSwitch: Data security in the cloud: Part 1
Voice of America: China’s cyber attacks increase as the elections approach
July 2020
ipSwitch: 3 ways data is being exposed during the pandemic
June 2020
Dark Reading: What COVID-19 Teaches Us About Social Engineering
May 2020
WJBF/ABC: Protecting yourself from Zoom-bombing
DeFrag This: 4 Barriers Impeding Everyone’s Ability To Work From Home
April 2020
WKBW-ABC: On people cutting the (cable) cord
WKBW-ABC: Student led review bombing attempts at blocking Google Classroom
March 2020
WKBW/ABC: Zoom story time hack
Raconteur: Could blockchain eliminate payment fraud altogether?
February 2020
Defrag This: Why cyber hygiene is so important.
WIVB/CBS: Niagara University ransomware attack
January 2020
Infosecurity Magazine: Do we need more cyber hygiene?
November 2019
WIVB/CBS: Police use growing platform of personal security for public use
July 2019
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs: A new era of cyber warfare.
Straits Times, Singapore: The Internet is being weaponised.
May 2019
Information Age: Top 5 things we know about data theft: Attackers are coming after your information
Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) 2019
RCRWireless News: Hackers want the most bang for their buck, too
March 2019
WIVb/CBS: Personal safety wearables: Thwarting predators or bringing them closer?
December 2018
WIVB/CBS: Facebook says bug may have exposed user photos to developers
ABC/WKBW: Police stretched thin responding to multiple bomb threats
November 2018
BuzzFeed: A massive Marriott data breach affected 500 million customers
October 2018
CSO Online: The OPM hack explained: Bad security practices meet China’s Captain America
BBC Radio 5: President Trump’s use of a personal, nonsecure cellphone
September 2018
CNN: Spearphishing has become even more dangerous
August 2018
Infosecurity Magazine: To reward, or not to reward
May 2018
Social Media and Politics Podcast: Cyber attacks on social media
WIVB: Cybercrime losses exceed $1.4 billion, FBI reports
April 2018
WBEN: State DMV selling registration info a ‘breach of the public’s trust’
DeFrag This: What we can learn from the Iranian phishing attack
March 2018
WBEN: Facebook security in for changes
WIVB: Cybersecurity expert weighs in on Facebook
February 2018
CNN: When a robot writes your news, what happens to democracy
January 2018
CNN: This op-ed wasn’t written by AI
November 2017
WIVB: Big and Small Companies on the Radar of Data Hackers
P.I.C.N.I.C Podcast: Has Your Company Turned into a Social Engineering Lab Rat?
October 2017
Raconteur, London: Protecting elections from cyberattacks
September 2017
Fortune: Is the new iPhone designed for cyber safety?
LA Times: Is the new iPhone designed for cybersafety?
Newsweek: Iphone 8 and cyber security: How safe is it really?
Psychology Today: The Hardest Word
Salon: Is the new iPhone designed for cybersafety?
Chicago Tribune: Is the new iPhone designed for cybersafety?
Defrag This Podcast wth Greg Mooney: How to Help Users Stop Falling for Phishing Attacks
August 2017
Chicago Tribune: How this $10 device protects your network from hackers
Dark Reading: Why Most Security Awareness Training Fails (And What To Do About It)
WKBW: Protecting Your Family from Cyber Predators
July 2017
Las Vegas Review-Journal: When it comes to cybersecurity, employees are weakest link
Kaspersky Lab: Tips to educate your staff on cybersecurity
BrightTALK and ITSP Magazine: Live panel “Power To The People – Knowledge Is Power”
SC Magazine: Diagnosing employee phishing weaknesses key to improving email security
Breach Exchange: Diagnosing employee phishing weaknesses key to improving email security
Attivo Networks: Can’t miss sessions at Blackhat 2017
Mediapro: Three human-focused sessions to attend at Blackhat 2017
June 2017
WIVB: Keeping your computers safe from cyberattacks
CNN: You are the key to keeping your computer safe
WIVB: New “Snap Map” feature raises privacy concerns on Snapchat
WION: Personal details of nearly 200 million US citizens exposed
May 2017
WIVB: Travelers beware: Keeping your information safe over Memorial Day Weekend
WKBW: Insight into the problem of ransomware
WKBW: ECMC still recovering from cyberattack
April 2017
WIVB: Safeguarding America’s nuclear weapons from emerging cyber threats
WBEN AM930: In Focus: Ransomware and the ECMC Computer Virus
WKBW: ECMC computers still down because of computer virus
WIVB: Patient files so far okay after ECMC cyber attack
March 2017
WION: Putin denies US Poll link
WION: Wikileaks exposes CIA’s spying tools
February 2017
WKBW: Doll could be spying on your kids
BYU/XM Radio: M att Townsend Radioshow: Campaign Spear Phishing, Why Time Flies, Ruin Relationships
WION: Immigration ban impact on IT sector
WKBW: Staying safe from “virtual kidnapping” scams
January 2017
WIVB: Your kids could be targets of cyber hacks
WIVB: Gmail users be warned, hackers are targeting your email
CNN Op-Ed: On what President-elect Trump must do to save the Internet
WIVB: The Internet is under attack
La Presse, Canada: Russian Interference in the US Elections
WION (Zee World News): President Obama bids farewell
December 2016
USA Today: It’s new and it’s bad: Yahoo discloses 1B account breach
BuzzFeed News: 1 Billion More Yahoo Accounts Have Been Hacked
November 2016
WGRZ Channel 2: 5 simple ways to keep your emails from ending up on Wikileaks
WWL AM870/FM105.3: Hackers Shutdown Major Internet Providers
October 2016
La Presse, Canada: Mysterious motives of Wiki Leaks
The Daily Beast: Democrats Say WikiLeaks Is a Russian Front, U.S. Intelligence Isn’t So Sure
September 2016
CNN Op-Ed: Cyber security: It’s not just about Yahoo
Risk Management Magazine: Curb Phishing Damage with a New, Human Approach to Bad Habits
August 2016
InfoSecurity Magazine: Repel spear phishing by teaching people
June 2016
July 2016
Fast Company: How WikiLeaks Has Changed: From Whistleblower To Weapon
Politico: Chasing the trail in the DNC hack
May 2016
WKBW/ABC Channel 7: Who’s watching you?
The Conversation: Cybersecurity’s weakest link: humans
IT security is a people problem, UB cybersecurity expert tells House members
CNN Op-Ed: Why we need a cyber wall
April 2016
University at Buffalo’s At Buffalo Spring 2016 feature: The Big Idea
WKBW/ABC Channel 7: Expert: school districts at risk for hacking attacks
CNN Op-Ed: Time to rethink apps security
Will you fall for an email scam this tax season?
March 2016
CNN Op-Ed: Is 2016 the year of online extortion?
Politico: Infrastructure Attacks: The way of the future
USA Today: A third of email sent to U.S. House is malware, a virus or spam
CNN Op-Ed: Apple, want to show you really care? Protect us from everyday hacking
February 2016
Apple vs. FBI could have larger impacts, UB professor says
Cyber attack on LA hospital offers a scary lesson to computer users
CNN Op-Ed: When hackers turn your lights off
December 2015
Cyber security expert talks spearphising, recent breach
Cyber laws no easy fix in fight against ISIS, local expert says
Cyber hacker attacks kids’ software putting millions at risk
November 2015
Criminals poised for Cyber Monday
Warning to holiday cyber shoppers: don’t get hacked
Spear phishing” attacks exploit consumers’ email habits
Focusing on user habits key to preventing email phishing
September 2015
Excellus cyberattack may affect a lot more people than insurer estimates
Cyber breach hits 10 million Excellus healthcare customers
Jul 2015
Making the government impenetrable to hackers impossible, experts say
Jun 2015
OPM hack raises questions about security of government contractors
Why the cyberattacks keep coming
Senate bill would help thwart hackers, experts say
Apr 2015
Russian hacking case shows vulnerability of U.S. networks, UB expert says
Feb 2015
World Economic Forum Op-Ed: Who is to blame for cyberattacks?
Fraudulent E-mails Rich with Information Aid Success to Phishing Scams, Finds Study
Jan 2015
World Economic Forum Op-Ed: How to fight cybercrime with smarter habits
What makes phishing emails so successful?
Profitable phishing schemes slyly tinker with our heads, then rip us off
University of Buffalo Prof. Arun Vishwanath leads study on phishing scams that prey on fear
THIS IS HOW PHISHING SCAMS TRICK YOU
New e-mail scam preys on parents’ fears
Most Cybercrime Still Relies On Our Laziness
Junk ‘information-rich’ e-mails to avoid fraud
Dec 2014
CNN Op-Ed: Where’s the outrage over the Sony hack?
Archive 2014
NSF grant funds UB communication research into anti-phishing models
The Scary Way a Friend Request Can Lead to Identity Theft
Habitual Facebook Users More Likely to Be Scammed
In Farcing, Thieves Ask ‘Would You Be My Friend?
Internet users made the heist by Russian hackers a piece of cake
Social media alert: Online phishers are ‘farcing’ your brains out