How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, not Engaged Argument

There is a considerable amount of evidence on the control and censorship of social media in China.  On top of this there has long been suspected that there is a system of astroturfing, or the posting of large numbers of comments from fake accounts to direct online conversation.  In China people hired to make these …

The Windows 10 Privacy Dashboard

First, today we’re launching a new web-based privacy dashboard so you can see and control your activity data from Microsoft including location, search, browsing, and Cortana Notebook data across multiple Microsoft services. Second, we’re introducing in Windows 10 a new privacy set up experience, simplifying Diagnostic data levels and further reducing the data collected at …

2017 GOSEC Conférence sur la cybersécurité (08/30 & 08/31)

13th annual GoSec Cyber Security Conference. GoSec brings together experts in the information technology security field from multiple sectors. This year SERENE-RISC will be presenting a tutorial ( Examining Cybercrime 3: SME Edition) to complement this well established and well attended annual event. Details at : https://www.serene-risc.ca/en/events/professional-development/examining-cybercrime-3-sme-edition Event Time: AUGUST 30TH AND 31ST, 2017 8:00 am until …

26th USENIX Security Symposium, August 16-18 (Vancouver, BC)

A keynote address by Erinn Clark, Lead Security Architect, First Look Media/The Intercept More than 80 refereed paper presentations as well as invited talks, a poster session, a doctoral colloquium, a Work-in-Progress session, and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel  1088 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2R9 Canada   https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity17