Usable Privacy and Security

Jason Hong, Carnegie mellon university

Tuesday, October 10
Noon - SENSQ 5317
Free pizza for attendees starting at 11:45 a.m.

Hosted by Jose' Brustoloni

Abstract

In this talk, I give a brief overview of some of our work in usable privacy and security, focusing specifically on anti-phishing. Phishing attacks are semantic attacks that try to trick people into giving up personal information, and cost damage on the order of one billion dollars a year. I will present our latest results in developing better user interfaces for teaching people about phishing, as well as some novel techniques for evaluating anti-phishing toolbars and detecting scam web sites and emails.

Biography of Speaker

Jason Hong joined the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in 2004 as an assistant professor in the Human Computer Interaction Institute. He works in the areas of ubiquitous computing, focusing on rapid prototyping tools, privacy, and end-user programming. He is also an author of the book The Design of Sites, a pattern-based approach to designing customer-centered web sites. He received his PhD from Berkeley and his undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology.