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Yale University responds to computer security incident affecting Department of Public Safety

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Yale University is responding to a computer security incident that affected some computers within its Department of Public Safety Tuesday.

“Yale quickly contained the problem, and the incident did not impair the ability of the Yale Police to protect the campus,” said Karen Peart, a spokesperson for the university.

Peart said the university will soon begin restoring affected systems and data.

No further information is available at this time.

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The best smart locks of 2020: August, Yale, Schlage and more

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Having a smart lock on your door could change your life, particularly if you’re the kind of person who never knows where your keys are hiding. Paired with a mobile app, the best smart locks allow you to remotely lock, unlock and monitor your front door with an app or even just your voice. A smart lock offers convenience, security, automation and peace of mind. But which smart lock option is right for your door? 

Picking the best smart lock for your home depends on a few things. For some, scheduling and user code limits will be important. For others, having a door lock that can be retrofitted instead of replacing the existing deadbolt on a door is a must-have. We’ve tested the best smart locks on the market today and these are our favorites, which we’ll update regularly as we review new products. 

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The August Wi-Fi Smart Lock includes a retrofit August lock and a DoorSense open-close sensor. Wi-Fi is built into this model, so you won’t need to buy an $80 Connect module to enable remote access. 

The August Wi-Fi Smart Lock is 45% smaller than previous August models, too. It works with Siri, Google Assistant and Alexa for voice control and smart home integration. You’ll get unlimited user access and codes, as well as a log of every action that happens at your front door. 

Wi-Fi enables remote access to lock and unlock your door from your Android or iOS devices when you’re not home. The August Wi-Fi Smart Lock is a capable, easy-to-install smart lock…

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Yale CS professor wins award for ‘Pancake’ cybersecurity system

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Adam Levine 11:45 pm, Nov 01, 2020

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Anasthasia Shilov, Illustrations Editor

Anurag Khandelwal, assistant professor of computer science, won a Distinguished Paper Award at the 29th USENIX Security Symposium for his paper on a new cybersecurity system this fall.

The annual USENIX Security Symposium, which Computer Science Department Chair Zhong Shao called “one of the most prestigious computer science conferences,” brings together researchers and practitioners from within the security field. Each year, hundreds of researchers submit their papers to USENIX in hopes of winning an award and sharing their work with a large audience. Khandelwal’s paper — which he worked on with associates from Cornell University, Cornell Tech and University of California, Berkeley — reported on the security system they developed called Pancake.

“The department is really thrilled that Anurag has won this distinguished paper award during his first year at Yale,” Shao wrote in an email to the News. “There are many faculty members and students at Yale who are really interested in the data security and privacy problem. Anurag is a top researcher and a real system builder in this field. We all look forward to seeing many more exciting results from him in the coming years.”

Khandelwal’s paper was one of 11 papers to earn a Distinguished Paper Award at the 2020 conference. In total, there were 977 submissions, and 157 were accepted.

Pancake prevents “malicious” cloud administrators from accessing potentially sensitive information from certain server records. Although data being stored in the cloud may be encrypted, sensitive information…

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