Tag: FICS

Digital defense: Strengthening global health & security in a connected world
June 9, 2025As cyber threats grow, innovations in cybersecurity, semiconductors, national security, and IoT are critical to protecting infrastructure, data, and public safety.
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United Nations ratifies UF-created framework to protect people on cash apps
November 7, 2024UF cybersecurity professor Kevin Butler developed the framework, which spells out guidance for countries to prevent fraud and abuse on mobile cash apps. Cash apps are the prominent form of banking in Africa, South America and Southeast Asia and can leave people vulnerable to losing their life savings.
Read more »Breaking down the threat of ransomware attacks
November 2, 2023Kevin Butler, a University Term Professor in CISE, breaks down the potential threats from ransomware attacks and some of the solutions for protecting against this threat.
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UF to Lead $7.5M NSF-Funded Project on Protecting Security of Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations
August 1, 2022Using a $7.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a team of researchers led by the University of Florida will examine the needs of marginalized and vulnerable populations among security and privacy technologies. The project, supported by the NSF’s Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Frontiers program, seeks to develop foundational design principles to mitigate harm and improve benefits to these populations based on foundational computer science, social science theory, and direct collaboration with marginalized and vulnerable populations.
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FICS Researchers Patent “Universal Testing Technique” to Detect Counterfeit Chips
April 15, 2021This story was originally published on the ECE news website. An article recently published in the Academic Times profiled exciting new technology patented by researchers at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research which promises a new way to detect recycled (previously used) and counterfeit electronic parts, especially chips. The technology created by ECE Associate Professor Domenic […]
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FICS Research Receives $7.8M to Help Make On-Chip Security Pervasive
July 13, 2020Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research has announced a collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on a program called Automated Implementation of Secure Silicon (AISS). The grant has the broad goal of making scalable on-chip security pervasive throughout industry and military applications.
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$15M Technology Transition Center Celebrates Virtual Kickoff
May 8, 2020The joint center aims to harness the expertise of both FICS Research and Edaptive Computing to build a comprehensive set of technologies that can be used by designers and security engineers to ensure the security and trust of microelectronics.
Read more »UF Cybersecurity Engineers Prevent Smartphone Hacking
August 28, 2018Kevin Butler and his team at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research help companies stymie hackers’ use of ghost commands.
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UF Cybersecurity Expert and FICS Develop New Skimmer Detection
May 10, 2018NYPD field tests the “Skim Reaper” and shows success for enhanced credit card skimmer detection.
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