{"592306":{"#nid":"592306","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Paper Earns Accolades from Security and Privacy Research Community","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA research paper from Georgia Tech revealing new Android security vulnerabilities recently earned a prestigious award at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ieee-security.org\/TC\/SP2017\/\u0022\u003E38th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;a top-tier academic conference \u0026ndash; held May 22-24 in San Jose, Calif.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough all 60 papers accepted by the conference were considered for the recognition,\u003Cem\u003E Cloak and Dagger: From Two Permissions to Complete Control of the UI Feedback Loop\u003C\/em\u003E was singled out as the event\u0026rsquo;s 2017 distinguished practical paper.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper\u0026rsquo;s lead author is \u003Cstrong\u003EYanick Fratantonio\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Georgia Tech Ph.D. summer intern from the University of California Santa Barbara. Co-authors include Georgia Tech School of Computer Science Ph.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003EChenxiong Qian\u003C\/strong\u003E, research scientist \u003Cstrong\u003ESimon Chung\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/people\/11062\/wenke-lees\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWenke Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and co-director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iisp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Information Security \u0026amp; Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E (IISP).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This award, which is given by our fellow researchers in security and privacy, underscores the important work IISP is doing to identify, resolve, and prevent real-world security risks that can adversely impact millions of people,\u0026rdquo; said Lee.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with earning industry accolades, the Georgia Tech paper detailing previously unknown threats to Android users has also attracted media attention. Coverage includes bylined articles published by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/cloak-dagger-malware-android-hack-security-cyber-617448\u0022\u003ENewsweek\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mashable.com\/2017\/05\/26\/cloak-and-dagger\/#VEXLD5j47aqm\u0022\u003EMashable\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/05\/25\/android-hack-cloak-dagger-secret-layers-google\/\u0022\u003EEngadget\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/android-malware-cloak-dagger-attack-can-secretly-record-user-activity-2543884\u0022\u003EInternational Business Times\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper was one of four from Georgia Tech authors accepted to the conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/faculty.cs.tamu.edu\/guofei\/sec_conf_stat.htm\u0022\u003EAccording to independent research\u003C\/a\u003E by Georgia Tech alumnus Guofei Gu, a professor at Texas A\u0026amp;M University, the IEE Security and Privacy Symposium has one of the lowest acceptance rates of peer-reviewed work with just 13.3 percent of all submissions being accepted for presentation in 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A paper identifying a new security vulnerability in the Android operating system has earned a significant industry award."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2017-06-01 13:41:33","changed_gmt":"2017-06-01 13:50:43","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592308":{"id":"592308","type":"image","title":"IEEE SSP paper award","body":null,"created":"1496324979","gmt_created":"2017-06-01 13:49:39","changed":"1496324979","gmt_changed":"2017-06-01 13:49:39","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225732","name":"IEEE SSP paper award_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IEEE%20SSP%20paper%20award_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IEEE%20SSP%20paper%20award_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":424366,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IEEE%20SSP%20paper%20award_.jpg?itok=jVvcU2fL"}}},"media_ids":["592308"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"430601","name":"Institute for Information Security and Privacy"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlbert Snedeker, Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-7253\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}