CyberGatorz

Greetings!

Researchers at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity are seeking participants for a study on two-factor authentication. The purpose of this study is to test the usability of two-factor authentication mechanisms. Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. You will be asked to provide demographic information, download an Android app and use it 3 times within 8 days to log into a website and complete a survey about your experience.

Requirements:

You must be 18 years of age or older
Be okay with the fact that you will be receiving SMS messages, and therefore, unless you have unlimited texting, messaging rates may apply.
You must have an Android phone that was purchased in 2015 or later, or have updated since then.
You must have a US phone number.

The information you provide during the study will be completely anonymous and will be password protected. The information you provide will only be shared among researchers in the study.

You will be compensated $10 at the conclusion of this study ($10 Amazon eGift Card).

Sign-up closes Jan 15th or once full: https://bit.ly/371J3wg

Questions about the study? Reach out to the study team: [email protected]

SMS2FA Study

Last week the audience had an interesting discussion on our PhD student Nitin Pundir’s talk on the topic: “Privacy: A Real-Word Fantasy”!

CyberGatorz updated their website address.

Sadly Dan is feeling ill today so there is no Orange & Blue Hat today, although we will be having a brief meeting which should take less than an hour if you would like to attend!

Our own Dan Capecci will be giving a brief talk tomorrow starting off our new "Orange & Blue Hat" series! He will give an overview of Social Engineering and Physical Security from his recent trip to Black Hat!

The talk begins tomorrow (Friday 8/24) at 1:00pm in MAE 126 to kick off the semester!

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