Cryptography done right has become important as the impacts of poor implementations are increasingly felt by journalists, whistleblowers and political activists around the world. Nik Unger and Dr. Ian Goldberg at the University of Waterloo have been working on improving cryptography for messaging. Cryptography is designed to provide a level of security for messages beyond …
Tom Sorell from Warwick University Presentation from the CICC 2017-2018 Scientific Launch on the Subject of ‘Watchful Citizens:Policing from Below and Digital Vigilantism held the 2nd and 3rd November 2017 at the Université de Montreal. A comparison of vigilante activities directed at different criminal groups. What are the differences between “pedophile hunting” and “scam baiting”? …
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre produces regular bulletins to help Canadians to better protect themselves against fraud. A Romance Scam involves any individual with false romantic intentions toward a victim in order to gain their trust and affection for the purpose of obtaining the victim’s money or access to their bank accounts or credit cards. …
Le Centre antifraude du Canada produit des bulletins régulièrement pour aider les Canadiens à mieux se protéger contre la fraude. Qu’est-ce que le stratagème amoureux? Il s’agit d’une situation où une personne manifeste un faux attachement sentimental envers sa victime a n de gagner sa con ance et son affection dans le but de lui …
Software Defined Networks (SDN) are becoming more commonly used in the cloud. This virtualizes network functions as software instances in the cloud. Mohamad Aslan amd Ashraf Matrawy at Carelton University look at how this characteristics of SDN could affect the performance of Intrusion Detection Systems(IDS) on SDN. Network controllers collect information from other controllers and …
Cyber New Brunswick will be hosting a two day event at the Fredricton Convention Centre on the 15th and 16th of May 2018 on the Development of Cybersecurity. It will feature presenters from across the globe speaking on the development of the cybersecurity workforce in Australia, Paris, the Netherlands and North America. Get …
The Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity, an innovative hub for research, training and industry collaboration, has opened at the University of New Brunswick with more than $4.5 million in funding and the establishment of a research partnership with a global technology firm. The institute was made possible with $2.27 million in funding from the Atlantic Canada …
Probing the limits of anomaly detectors for automobiles with a cyber attack framework Adrian Taylor (Defence R&D Canada), Sylvain Leblanc (Royal Military College of Canada), and Nathalie Japkowicz (American University, USA) Modern vehicles are increasingly governed and controlled by a network of computers. Automobile security requires that these networks are secure. Detecting malicious traffic on …
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is opening a cyber security lab and investing $1.78 million into research at the University of Waterloo to develop advanced cybersecurity and privacy tools. The funding will support research in the following areas; Data-driven software defined security, led by Raouf Boutaba, will focus on detecting and mitigating security threats …
Power Projection in the Digital Age: The Only Winning Move is to Play General Darren W. McDew, USAF, is the Commander of U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), the Command responsible for the transportation for the US Department of Defence. He provides an interesting insight into the importance of cybersecurity to the capabilities of the modern military. Information …