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Wednesday, August 05, 2020

Quick update: malware, cybercrime, cybersecurity, and a worrying lack of trust in tech firms

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As John Oliver—that other bloke from the West Midlands—might say: "Just time for a quick update." This one's about what I...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Time to flatten the [cybercrime] curve

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Recently, a journalist asked for input on this question: Do you think companies are doing enough to protect consumer data? In my respons...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Taking down 'the Amazon of cybercrime' - a look inside a dark web story

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Back in March, 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic began to dominate the news, one cybercrime story seemed to get washed aside by the risin...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

Only 7.6% of Brits say they trust tech firms with personal information, and that's a problem for all of us

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So, it’s May, 2020, and we humans are struggling to cope with a global crisis of unprecedented scope and scale, despite having unprecedent...
Saturday, May 09, 2020

Defcon 2020 Cancelled: Can sad news also be good news?

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Now with audio! Talk about mixed emotions! Large swathes of the hacking and information security world are feeling all kinds of sad-and-y...
Friday, April 03, 2020

The Malware Factor: The biggest problem our postdigital world has refused to face, so far

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I believe that the misuse and abuse of information and communications technology (ICT) threatens to undermine all present and future hu...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Crime in the time of coronavirus: be wary of windfalls and refunds, even those that don't look pandemic-related

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URGE NT: Please click this link to claim your refund.  Don't worry, that's not an actual link, but you will probably be seeing ...
Sunday, March 29, 2020

Coronavirus and cybercrime: please say criminals, NOT hackers

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Not all criminals wear hoodies. Not all hackers are criminals. Photo by Luis Villasmil on Unsplash This BBC headline is both a sad si...
Monday, February 24, 2020

Crime metrics matter: two charts of the big mess we're in, even if we're not sure how big it is

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[Update: Advancing Accurate and Objective Cybercrime Metrics , my article in the Journal of National Security Law & Policy is now availa...
Monday, January 20, 2020

Happy New Year? Decade? 2020?

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Greetings! I am happy you're here, reading this page, because now that I'm no longer writing for We Live Security , this blog is one...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Cybercrime deterrence begins with metrics

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The importance of metrics to crime deterrence would appear to be both critical and obvious and yet there is clearly a large cybercrime met...
Friday, August 30, 2019

Potentially malicious use of QR codes and NFC chips

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Like any technology,  QR codes and NFC chips can be abused and misused for selfish or criminal purposes. I was reminded of this by a recen...
Thursday, August 08, 2019

DEFCON III flashback: why hacking sucks

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My session at DEFCON III back in 1995 has lived on as an audio recording (.m4b). Just scroll down this page: DEFCON III Archive . The title...
Monday, August 05, 2019

Experienced vendor-neutral panelist available to talk cybersecurity, cybercrime, data privacy, and more

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Need a panelist who talks well with others? (Updated January, 2024)   You have this great idea for a panel discussion at a conference, but t...
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Friday, July 12, 2019

The big news from where I am, which will soon be somewhere else

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Dateline San Diego, California, July 12 : Today is my last day at ESET , the company that I have worked for since 2011, and from which I am...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Dark markets, threat cumulativity, siegeware, and a cybercrime barometer

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This is an update on five parts of my research and writing so far this year. The first part built on a suggestion from ESET PR Manager  Anna...