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Virtual currencies and their potential role in cyber crime
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comThis article in our Royal Holloway Security Series looks at the potential for misuse of virtual currencies and legal landscape in the UK.
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Sandnet++ – A framework for analysing and visualising network traffic from malware
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comThis article in our Royal Holloway Security Series looks at Sandnet++, a framework for analysing and visualising network traffic from malware
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Royal Holloway: The Computer Misuse Act and the characteristics of convicted hackers
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comIn this Royal Holloway article, the authors go beyond the perpetuated stereotypes often found in media surrounding hackers by analysing the characteristics of real-life convicted hackers in the UK, who were charged under the Computer Misuse Act
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The exploitation of flaws in the HTTPS protocol
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comFor both technical and non-technical users, the presence of "HTTPS" in a website URL will provide confidence to consider entering sensitive information such as bank or credit card details. However, even websites owned by the most reputable organisations may be exposed to attack if HTTPS is not properly implemented.
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Royal Holloway: An enhanced approach for USB security management
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comUSB flash drives and other USB-connected data storage devices offer a simple way of making data more portable and more easily transferrable. However, their use presents security risks that must be addressed. Apart from increasing the risk of data theft, they have often been used to transfer malware, sometimes with disastrous results.
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Royal Holloway: Driverless vehicle security for military applications
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comExisting attacks and risk assessment frameworks within civilian autonomous vehicles (AVs) can be used to review security of military AVs deployed for logistics purposes in a desert warzone environment.
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BadUSB 2.0: Exploring USB man-in-the-middle attacks
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comThis article in our Royal Holloway Security Series explores the uses and capabilities of rogue USB hardware implants for use in cyber espionage activities.
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Towards an Autonomous Vehicle Enabled Society: Cyber Attacks and Countermeasures
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comCyber-attacks against autonomous vehicles could have grave implications for safety, privacy, reputation of manufacturers, and public perception.
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Royal Holloway: Purple team playbook – threat modeling for security testing
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comThe reality of information security is that it is impossible to completely ensure that an attacker cannot get into the corporate network. Instead, companies should look at how they prepare and react to security attacks by gaining an understanding of how cyber criminals work by combining the talents of red teams and blue teams
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Royal Holloway: Attack mapping for the internet of things
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comThe introduction of each internet-connected device to a home network increases the risk of cyber attack. This article in our Royal Holloway security series presents a practical model for investigating the security of a home network to evaluate and track what pathways an attacker may use to compromise it.
