Like a lot of good stories, this one starts with a chance encounter, a quiet conversation and a cold beer*. Sebastian Feldmann, the author of “Chaos: A Stolen Backdoor Rising Again” who is currently completing his master’s thesis at the Technical University of Darmstadt took the time to speak with me about his …
Presented by Aaron Gilkes at the SERENE-RISC workshop 2017, April. Is Bitcoin (BTC) a gateway virtual currency? Will using BTC lead to more sinister or otherwise naughty behaviour online? There seems to be four prevailing groups of BTC users : Technology enthusiasts, Libertarians, Speculators and Criminals. I will be focusing on Law Enforcement’s experiences with BTC …
It’s interesting what can happen when a shared dream and uncompromising attitude is combined with selfless commitment. In this kind of situation, even failure is an opportunity. Northsec was built from the ashes of a local Capture The Flag (CTF) competition. A group of participants and organisers from the event came together with the goal …
Presented by Dr. Ashraf Matrawy at the SERENE-RISC workshop 2017, April. For economic, technical, and environmental reasons, there is a very strong trend towards virtualizing computing infrastructures and relying less on private computing infrastructures. This trend utilizes information infrastructures that are built using virtualization techniques while taking advantage of very rapid advances in networking technologies. In …
One of the most important events for academics in computer security is coming to Canada in Fall. This October 15 – 19, Toronto will play host to the 25th the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). This year the conference will be Chaired by Canadian Researchers David Lie from the …
Le Centre antifraude du Canada produit des bulletins régulièrement pour aider les Canadiens à mieux se protéger contre la fraude. Les Canadiens qui magasinent en ligne doivent se méfier des offres qui semblent trop belles pour être vraies. Le Centre antifraude du Canada (CAFC) reçoit de nombreux signalements de Canadiens qui achètent des articles en ligne qui …
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre produces regular bulletins to help Canadians to better protect themselves against fraud. Canadians shopping online need to be on the lookout for deals that can be too good to be true. The Canadian Anti‐Fraud Centre continues to get reports of Canadians buying merchandise online that turn out to be counterfeit. Websites …
Very young children are increasingly able to access mobile devices and the Internet. It is very far from uncommon that children under 4 would be accessing the internet this way everyday. While there have been efforts to educate older children about the dangers of the internet and their privacy there has not been as much …
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 …
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. …