y From Playing Games to Committing Crimes: A Multi-Technique Approach to Predicting Key Actors on an Online Gaming Forum By www.lightbluetouchpaper.org Published On :: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:01:00 +0000 I recently travelled to Pittsburgh, USA, to present the paper “From Playing Games to Committing Crimes: A Multi-Technique Approach to Predicting Key Actors on an Online Gaming Forum” at eCrime 2019, co-authored with Ben Collier and Alice Hutchings. The accepted version of the paper can be accessed here. The structure and content of various underground … Continue reading From Playing Games to Committing Crimes: A Multi-Technique Approach to Predicting Key Actors on an Online Gaming Forum → Full Article Academic papers Cybercrime
y Identifying Unintended Harms of Cybersecurity Countermeasures By www.lightbluetouchpaper.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:31:43 +0000 In this paper (winner of the eCrime 2019 Best Paper award), we consider the types of things that can go wrong when you intend to make things better and more secure. Consider this scenario. You are browsing through Internet and see a news headline on one of the presidential candidates. You are unsure if the … Continue reading Identifying Unintended Harms of Cybersecurity Countermeasures → Full Article Academic papers Awards Cybercrime
y Three Paper Thursday: Sanitisers and Mitigators By www.lightbluetouchpaper.org Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 13:41:13 +0000 In this reboot of the Three Paper Thursdays, back after a hiatus of almost eight years, I consider the many different ways in which programs can be sanitised to detect, or mitigated to prevent the use of, the many programmer errors that can introduce security vulerabilities in low-level languages such as C and C++. We … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: Sanitisers and Mitigators → Full Article Three Paper Thursday
y Three Paper Thursday: The role of intermediaries, platforms, and infrastructures in governing crime and abuse By www.lightbluetouchpaper.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0000 The platforms, providers, and infrastructures which together make up the contemporary Internet play an increasingly central role in the business of governing human societies. Although the software engineers, administrators, business professionals, and other staff working at these organisations may not have the institutional powers of state organisations such as law enforcement or the civil service, … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: The role of intermediaries, platforms, and infrastructures in governing crime and abuse → Full Article Three Paper Thursday
y Three Paper Thursday: Adversarial Machine Learning, Humans and everything in between By www.lightbluetouchpaper.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:41:35 +0000 Recent advancements in Machine Learning (ML) have taught us two main lessons: a large proportion of things that humans do can actually be automated, and that a substantial part of this automation can be done with minimal human supervision. One no longer needs to select features for models to use; in many cases people are … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: Adversarial Machine Learning, Humans and everything in between → Full Article Three Paper Thursday
y Three Paper Thursday: Attacking the Bitcoin Peer-to-Peer Network By www.lightbluetouchpaper.org Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 People have tried to develop many different attack vectors on cryptocurrencies, from codebase flaws, cryptographic algorithms, mining processes, consensus protocols and block propagation mechanisms to the underlying network layer. Most attacks could be patched quickly by modifying the source code, but preventing attacks that exploit the network layer remains a non-trivial problem as the network … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: Attacking the Bitcoin Peer-to-Peer Network → Full Article Three Paper Thursday
y Three Paper Thursday: Exploring the Impact of Online Crime Victimization By www.lightbluetouchpaper.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:26:03 +0000 Just as in other types of victimization, victims of cybercrime can experience serious consequences, emotional or not. First of all, a repeat victim of a cyber-attack might face serious financial or emotional hardship. These victims are also more likely to require medical attention as a consequence of online fraud victimization. This means repeat victims have a … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: Exploring the Impact of Online Crime Victimization → Full Article Academic papers Cybercrime Security psychology Three Paper Thursday
y Three Paper Thursday: What’s Intel SGX Good For? By www.lightbluetouchpaper.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:22:07 +0000 Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) represents Intel’s latest foray into trusted computing. Initially intended as a means to secure cloud computation, it has since been employed for DRM and secure key storage in production systems. SGX differs from its competitors such as TrustZone in its focus on reducing the volume of trusted code in its “secure … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: What’s Intel SGX Good For? → Full Article Three Paper Thursday Trusted hardware
y #440993 - Fresh Cranberry Chutney Recipe By www.tastespotting.com Published On :: Fresh Cranberry Chutney ~ A very delicious fresh and easy to make berry chutneycraving more? check out TasteSpotting Full Article
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y Fake crypto-wallet extensions appear in Chrome Web Store once again, siphoning off victims' passwords By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 20:55:29 GMT 'Seriously sometimes seems Google's moderators are only optimized to respond to social media outrage' Three weeks after Google removed 49 Chrome extensions from its browser's software store for stealing crypto-wallet credentials, 11 more password-swiping add-ons have been spotted – and some are still available to download.… Full Article
y Twitter sticks a beak in, Clippy-style: Are you sure you want to set your account alight with that flame? By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 21:22:06 GMT No, you still can't edit tweets Although editing published tweets still remains strictly verboten on Twitter, the microblogging anger echo chamber intends to prompt English-speaking iPhone-wielding users to double-check content before posting a reply that they might regret.… Full Article
y ServiceNow's 6-week virtual conference kicks off. Yes, you read that right: 6 weeks... By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 21:43:06 GMT It's a long, long buildup to CEO's soliloquy, it's a long way to go Knowledge 2020 With the long flights, late nights and early starts, IT conferences might seem endless. But with the shift to the online format becoming standard, for now at least, participants might be spared the trial of endurance.… Full Article
y The iMac at 22: How the computer 'too odd to succeed' changed everything ... for Apple, at least By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 22:10:10 GMT Very '90s kit was everywhere – and it saved Apple's ass too On this day in 1998, Steve Jobs took to the stage of the Moscone Center in San Francisco for a product launch that would indelibly change the face of computing and arguably save the firm he founded almost 22 years earlier.… Full Article
y California’s privacy warriors are back – and this time they want to take their fight all the way to the ballot box By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 22:53:06 GMT Politicos watered down earlier efforts, so data defenders will fight to the end The small group of policy wonks that forced California’s legislature to rush through privacy legislation two years ago are back – and this time they want a ballot.… Full Article
y So you've set up MFA and solved the Elvish riddle, but some still think passwords alone are secure enough By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:31:05 GMT OK, a third agreed with Thales when it asked the question About a third of firms and organisations in Europe and the Middle East still believe the humble password is a good enough security measure, according to a survey carried out by French firm Thales.… Full Article
y American tech goliaths decide innovation is the answer to Chinese 5G dominance, not bans, national security theater By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 01:51:06 GMT Microsoft, Cisco, Google etc gang up to form Open RAN Policy Coalition Some of America’s super-corps have remembered how the US became the dominant global technology force it is, and have vowed to use innovation over threats to counter Chinese dominance in 5G markets.… Full Article
y Quick Q: Er, why is the Moon emitting carbon? And does this mean it wasn't formed from Theia hitting Earth? By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 04:58:05 GMT Decades-old theory may require a rethink thanks to Japanese probe The Moon is believed to have formed from the leftovers of a proto-Earth smashing into a Mars-sized Theia nearly 4.5 billion years ago.… Full Article
y Australian contact-tracing app sent no data to contact-tracers for at least ten days after hurried launch By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 06:02:06 GMT Doesn't play well on iPhones, but bureaucrats rushed it out rather than wait months for perfection. Meanwhile serious bug reports have emerged Australia’s “COVIDSafe” contact-tracing app was rushed to market in the knowledge it would perform poorly on some devices and without agreements in place to let actual contact-tracers use the data it collects. As a result, no collected data has been used in at least 10 days since its launch.… Full Article
y Dad to kids: I've decided you don't get to take over the family business. Kids to Dad: Who wants to run Samsung anyway? By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 06:29:06 GMT Lee Jae-yong ends dynastic control and will even let staff join a union Samsung's heir has said that he will not pass down management of the South Korean conglomerate to his children, ending three generations dynastic rule.… Full Article
y Server sales went through the roof in the first three months of 2020. Enjoy it while it lasts, Dell, HPE, and pals By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 07:01:06 GMT Enterprise demand set to soften, offset tier-two cloud, telco sales Global server shipments reached an industry record-breaking 3.3 million units in the first quarter of 2020, marking a 30 per cent year-on-year growth, Omdia analysts estimated this week.… Full Article
y HCL finishes its year with 15 percent growth, 100 million minutes-a-month Teams usage By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 07:59:33 GMT Cracks the 150,000-employee mark as revenue falls just short of $10bn Indian services giant HCL Technologies has wound up its 19/20 financial year by reporting 15 percent annual growth but a flat Q4.… Full Article
y What do you call megabucks Microsoft? No really, it's not a joke. <i>El Reg</i> needs you By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:00:12 GMT It is time. We need a new Regism and cannot go to the pub to think of one. Can you help? It is no secret that we like to use the odd bit of shorthand at The Register when biting the hand that feeds IT. Now we need a fresh one for Microsoft.… Full Article
y Forever mothballed: In memoriam Apple Butterfly Keyboard (2015-2020) By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:45:11 GMT At last, we can write headlines with all the letters intact For a company defined by design and attention to detail, the Butterfly keyboard was a tremendous humiliation for Apple. Conceived in 2015, it replaced the previous scissor-switch mechanism for one with a smaller profile, allowing Cupertino to continue shrinking already-svelte laptops.… Full Article
y Senior MP tells UK Defence Committee on 5G security: Russia could become China's cyber-attack dog By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:30:07 GMT One has the vulns, the other has the brass neck to pull off heists. Right? Russia might begin carrying out cyber attacks against Britain's 5G networks "at the behest of China", the chairman of a Parliamentary Select Committee has ventured.… Full Article
y 'A' is for ad money oddly gone missing: Probe finds middlemen siphon off half of online advertising spend By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:04:14 GMT 'B' is for basic controls that up and disappeared A study of the UK online advertising market, conducted by global accounting firm PwC, has found that publishers get just half of what advertisers spend, with the other half siphoned off by ad-supply chain intermediaries.… Full Article
y Looking for a new IT gig? Here are vacancies around the world for developers, cloud engineers, infosec analysts, Jira admin, and more By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:51:02 GMT Advertise your open positions here for free, no catch, and find opportunities within Job Alert This week we've got job openings from all over the globe to tempt you, your friends or your past colleagues back into work, or indeed into new ventures.… Full Article
y O2 be a fly on the wall during BT and Vodafone's video calls: Telefónica's UK biz, Virgin Media officially merge By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:30:04 GMT Multinationals' UK arms pair up to take on Voda and former state-owned telco Telcos Telefónica and Liberty Global today confirmed plans to join their O2 UK and Virgin Media subsidiaries into one combined entity in a deal analysts branded a "blockbuster merger".… Full Article
y Zoom bomb: Vid conf biz to snap up Keybase as not-a-PR-move move gets out of hand By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:57:05 GMT Things will change forever, nods ex-Facebooker Alex Stamos Video conferencing software biz Zoom has bought Keybase in a surprise move just weeks after hiring Facebook's one-time CSO.… Full Article
y BT suspends shareholder payments as folk forgo pricey sports TV deals for matches that won't happen anyway By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:00:06 GMT We all need to tighten our belts For the first time in over three decades, BT has suspended its dividend scheme as the former state-owned teleco grapples with the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic, and the financial uncertainty that'll inevitably ensue.… Full Article
y More and more organizations are falling to ransomware – will you be next? By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:00:08 GMT Tune in online this month to find out how to protect your business from data extortionists Webcast It's been "the year of ransomware" for about the past three years. And while you may be tired of hearing about the trend and just getting used to the reality, you may also like to remember: instances of attacks are climbing – quickly – and we’re now reaching a level where more than half of ransomware schemes result in a business paying out.… Full Article
y A lot has changed since Android 11 was but a twinkle in Google's eye – so mobile OS has been delayed a month By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:45:06 GMT 'Extra time for you to test,' you lucky, lucky developers Google has applied the brakes to Android 11, pushing things out by a month as it grapples with a world that is much changed since planning for the release began.… Full Article
y As coronavirus catches tech CEOs with their pants down, IBM's Ginni Rometty warns of IT's new role post-pandemic By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:35:05 GMT Middle management is about to learn just how necessary they are Last night, one of the most senior figures in the IT industry from one of the biggest companies gave the strongest indication that when COVID-19 lockdowns gradually begin to lift, people will not return to the jobs they once had. That means both tech jobs, and how technology supports other business roles.… Full Article
y Surge in Zoom support requests was 'unexpected', says tool team as it turns taps down By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 19:25:09 GMT John Cena!* Online resources only for free and end users due to the 'unprecedented period' Video conferencing darling of the hour, Zoom, has tightened up support rules in order to "better serve" users.… Full Article
y GitHub Codespaces: VS Code was 'designed from the get-go' for this, says Microsoft architect By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:21:08 GMT A compelling addition to repo house – but is the Redmond flavour too strong? GitHub had a lot to say about its plans at its virtual Satellite event yesterday, but the most far-reaching was the advent of Codespaces, the ability to edit code online, integrated into the GitHub user interface.… Full Article
y FYI: Your browser can pick up ultrasonic signals you can't hear, and that sounds like a privacy nightmare to some By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 21:24:21 GMT High-frequency audio could be used to stealthily track netizens Technical folks looking to improve web privacy haven't been able to decide whether sound beyond the range of human hearing poses enough of a privacy risk to merit restriction.… Full Article
y Bored at home? Cisco has just the thing: A shed-load of security fixes to install, from a Kerberos bypass to crashes By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 23:13:21 GMT Switchzilla issues a whopping 30+ patches in time for the long UK weekend Cisco has emitted a fresh round of software updates to address nearly three dozen security holes in its products.… Full Article
y If it feels like the software world is held together by string and a prayer, we don't blame you: Facebook SDK snafu breaks top iOS apps By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:13:07 GMT Update used wrong data type, causing Tinder to Spotify to fall over A change in the Facebook SDK backend managed to crash many popular iOS apps that integrated the code library, used for implementing various Facebook services.… Full Article
y Go on, hit Reply All. We dare you. We double dare you. Because Office 365 will defeat your server-slamming ways By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 01:12:06 GMT Even Exchange’s marketing bod reckons tests of new Reply-All-stopper could be a career-defining moment Microsoft may just have made Reply All storms a thing of the past, by adding a suitable blocker to Exchange in Office 365 environments.… Full Article
y Equinix says Zoom bought plenty more stuff in Q1. Which is just what Oracle said, too By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 02:59:12 GMT Despite you know what, little evidence of a rush to new racks Equinix has posted its Q1 FY2020 results for the period ending March 31st, along with some interesting insights into how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted data centre consumption.… Full Article
y India’s Jio Platforms scores third US cash injection in three weeks - this time $1.5bn from Vista Equity Partners By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:59:13 GMT It's like three buses showing up at once carrying $8bn India’s largest mobile carrier, Jio, has just scored a third new investor in three weeks!… Full Article
y The point of containers is they aren't VMs, yet Microsoft licenses SQL Server in containers as if they were VMs By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 06:01:11 GMT And now to avoid container sprawl costing you plenty Microsoft has slipped out licensing details for SQL Server running in containers and it will likely encourage developers to be pretty diligent in their use of Redmond’s database.… Full Article
y Behold: The ghastly, preening, lesser-spotted Incredible Bullsh*tting Customer By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 07:58:45 GMT If you listen closely, you can hear how the creatures' full-throated call increases in volume when you are on holiday On Call Friday is here! How is your weekend looking? Same as the last one, and the one before that? Never mind – before breaking into the lockdown lagers, join us for another entry in The Register's tales of those brave souls who are On Call.… Full Article
y If you miss the happier times of the 2000s, just look up today's SCADA gear which still has Stuxnet-style holes By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 10:56:08 GMT Schneider Electric patches vulns after Trustwave raises alarm Two Schneider Electric SCADA products had vulnerabilities similar to the ones exploited in the Iran-bothering Stuxnet worm, an infosec outfit has claimed.… Full Article
y Apple owes us big time for bungled display-killing cable design in MacBook Pro kit, lawsuit claims By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:04:05 GMT iGiant not only screwed up the wiring, it knew it was shipping dodgy gear, it is claimed Apple is potentially facing a class-action lawsuit over the failure of displays on its MacBook Pro line.… Full Article
y Backup and restore on AWS is a nightmare – is there a way to speed it up? By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:00:13 GMT Apparently. But we’re so incredulous, we’re gonna test those claims on live internet TV… Webcast “The journey to cloud” echoes through all organisations. It’s a Bildungsroman – a story of empowerment and betterment. A shiny, towering cityscape of gleaming edifices and elegant spires. It’s like an ascension into the actual clouds. Like dying and waking up in heaven.… Full Article
y I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Spacecraft with graphene sails powered by starlight and lasers By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:03:13 GMT Nice way to get to Alpha Centauri though boffin tells us: 'Such a laser system could be used as a weapon' Coin-sized pieces of graphene can be accelerated by firing low-powered lasers at them in micro-gravity conditions, say scientists. The technology could be a stepping stone to graphene solar sails, which could propel future spacecraft using starlight or a laser array.… Full Article
