Center for Cybersecurity Outreach

Teaching, Learning, and Building Cybersecurity

The mission of the outreach center is to help our local community and educate others on cybersecurity.
Our students work with professional guidance to bring cybersecurity tips and service to others.

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⚡ Weekly Recap: F5 Breached, Linux Rootkits, Pixnapping Attack, EtherHiding & More

It’s easy to think your defenses are solid — until you realize attackers have been inside them the whole time. The latest incidents show that long-term, silent breaches are becoming [...]

Analysing ClickFix: 3 Reasons Why Copy/Paste Attacks Are Driving Security Breaches

ClickFix, FileFix, fake CAPTCHA — whatever you call it, attacks where users interact with malicious scripts in their web browser are a fast-growing source of security breaches.  ClickFix attacks prompt [...]

131 Chrome Extensions Caught Hijacking WhatsApp Web for Massive Spam Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a coordinated campaign that leveraged 131 rebranded clones of a WhatsApp Web automation extension for Google Chrome to spam Brazilian users at scale. The 131 spamware [...]

MSS Claims NSA Used 42 Cyber Tools in Multi-Stage Attack on Beijing Time Systems

China on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) of carrying out a "premeditated" cyber attack targeting the National Time Service Center (NTSC), as it described the U.S. as [...]

Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Network Powering 49 Million Fake Accounts Worldwide

Europol on Friday announced the disruption of a sophisticated cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) platform that operated a SIM farm and enabled its customers to carry out a broad spectrum of crimes ranging [...]