Media Appearances

Artificial intelligence is fueling billions of dollars in losses to scams as criminals clone people’s voices to compromise credit cards and bank accounts. The classic scam where victims receive a call from a loved one asking for money is far easier with AI, WBTV reports. Cybersecurity expert Thomas Hyslip, who spent two decades in federal law...

Dr. Tom Hyslip, assistant professor for the department of criminology at the University of South Florida said it best. “No one is going to call you and ask for money. Hang up and contact the institution and they will tell you it’s fraud,” he said. https://www.hometownnewstc.com/news/martin/protect-yourself-against-phone-scams/article_ff1f2c7d-372b-5cd6-8d94-568bc309e3e2.html

Cybersecurity experts also universally said encryption is used widely. “Encryption is used daily by anyone using a cell phone, computer or the Internet,” said Thomas Hyslip, a professor of instruction in criminology at the University of South Florida who formerly worked in federal law enforcement investigating cybercrime. “iMessage uses encryption, so all your messages are...

The rash of fraudulent unemployment claims across the country is troubling to Thomas Hyslip, a cybercrimes expert and former federal law enforcement officer with the U.S. Department of Defense. Suburban police departments are being flooded with reports of fraudulent unemployment benefit claims: ‘It doesn’t make a lot of sense.’

Important discussion about the ransomware attack at OneBlood and why healthcare is being targeted. Thomas Hyslip, an assistant professor in the cybercrime program in the University of South Florida Criminology Department, said cybersecurity threats like this are becoming increasingly prevalent in health care and other key sectors. “Health care in general has been hit pretty hard in...