'A School for Scoundrels: How Newbies learn in the Cybercrime Ecosystem': this is just one of the talks on the agenda at our 2026 Cambridge Cybercrime Conference. 🗓️ Monday 22 June 📍the William Gates Building, Cambridge. ℹ️ For more details & to register, see: www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/school-...

Listening to infosec people freak out over Mythos is so tiring. Like, bro, your local water treatment plant runs Windows XP, your mobile provider's hardware is older than you are, and the protocol that routes internet traffic is secured by everyone just agreeing that hijacking it would be uncool.

Term starts next week. But right now there are flowers in the sunshine ☀️ 🌷

The Workshop on Attackers and Cyber-Crime Operations (WACCO) will be held again in 2026, as part of the IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy. The CfP is at: wacco-workshop.org I hope to see you in Portugal!

Yes Indya. Immediately putting this into a future slide

Indivisible Georgia District 10@indivisiblega10.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Q. Who aligns the aligners? A. alignmentalignment.ai Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers

We align the aligners

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oooh, nearly got done by an email / apple voucher scam. only the size of the request (£300) triggered a phonecall to the person apparently emailing me (a relative).

Congratulations @lambda.bsky.social! Today @theguardian.com is launching a new way for whistleblowers to anonymously contact journalists, based on years-long research by Daniel and other colleagues. www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...

The Guardian launches Secure Messaging, a world-first from a media organisation, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge

Secure Messaging is a new innovation for confidential story-sharing and source protection, underpinning the Guardian’s commitment to investigative journalism. The Guardian has published the open sourc...

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Join us for the 8th Annual Cambridge Cybercrime Conference, marking 10 years of the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre! Anyone interested in interdisciplinary cybersecurity and cybercrime research is welcome. When: June 23 Where: Cambridge & online More info: www.cambridgecybercrime.uk/conference20...

In NYC, a man was tortured for two weeks for Bitcoin. He escaped. Alice Hutchings @message4bob.bsky.social and colleagues tell us it's happening around the world. Conference paper: "Investigating Wrench Attacks: Physical Attacks: Targeting Cryptocurrency Users" drops.dagstuhl.de/storage/00li...

Gothamist@gothamist.com · last yr.

SoHo crypto investor accused in kidnapping plot to steal Bitcoin https://gothamist.com/news/soho-crypto-investor-accused-in-kidnapping-plot-to-steal-bitcoin

I’m seeing a rise in reporting of ‘wrench attacks’, physical attacks against owners of cryptocurrencies. These may increase following the recent Coinbase data breach, which includes owners’ personal data. Our research on this is at: drops.dagstuhl.de/storage/00li...

This is great from @message4bob.bsky.social in the FT (£) www.ft.com/content/5522...

The myth of the genius hacker

As the hype around ‘Scattered Spider’ shows, marketing is everything in the cyber security industry

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The best unconference is PuntCon. There are no talks, no keynotes, no awkward coffee breaks. Just ducks, punts, picnics, and the river Cam. It’s usually held around June/July (@smithsam.bsky.social)

Trans women are women.

“Police officers and employees misusing access to police database now account for over half of all cybercrime prosecutions in the UK. Yet police continue to call for encryption to be weakened” – excellent article by @message4bob.bsky.social www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ah793/paper...

Last chance to submit for WACCO 2025! 🚨 The 7th IEEE Workshop on Attackers & Cyber-Crime Operations is accepting papers & research talks until Feb 20th. 📅 Date: June 30 📍 Location: Venice, IT Join experts across disciplines to advance cybersecurity research. Submit your work now: wacco-workshop.org

Elon Musk FRS has been an active participant in the chaotic dismantling and censorship of US research. But not one word of concern has come from the Royal Society that honoured him. Sign the open letter asking the RS to stand up for science: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values

If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...

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Physics World@physicsworld.bsky.social · 2y ago

Donald Trump’s second term as US President has begun with staff layoffs, slashed budgets, axed diversity programmes and cancelled conferences in what some see as a new "dark ages" 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/us-science...

🔔 REMINDER: The Call for Papers and Research Talks for WACCO 2025 is still OPEN! Submit your work to the 7th IEEE Workshop on Attackers and Cyber-Crime Operations by February 20th. Full/short papers and research talks welcome. Visit wacco-workshop.org for details. 📅 See you in Venice this June!

Misusing access to police databases accounts for over half of all cybercrime prosecutions in the UK. This causes considerable harm. Yet police continue to call for encryption to be weakened to allow for greater access to communication data. see the rest at ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...

Police Behaving Badly

Police officers and employees misusing access to the police database now account for over half of all cybercrime prosecutions in the United Kingdom. Yet police continue to call for encryption to be we...

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Each term, the college fellowship gathers, by candlelight and dressed in black gowns, in the chapel to witness the admission of new fellows.

Call for Papers and Research Talks NOW OPEN! Share your work on attackers and cyber-crime operations at WACCO this June 30 in Venice, Italy Submission deadline: February 20 ⌛ Formats: Full and short papers or research talks For details and submissions, visit our website: wacco-workshop.org

I’m an autistic woman and I’ve somehow managed to never give the Nazi salut. #elonmusk

With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.

The 7th IEEE Workshop on Attackers and CyberCrime Operations is on its way! This year happening in beautiful Venice, 🇮🇹, June 30th! We look forward for your excellent submissions on all things cybercrime and cyber-attackers. Submissions due Feb 20, see website 🔗 full details ➡️ wacco-workshop.org

WACCO is back!

WACCO Workshop@wacco-workshop.org · 2y ago

The 7th IEEE Workshop on Attackers and CyberCrime Operations is on its way! This year happening in beautiful Venice, 🇮🇹, June 30th! We look forward for your excellent submissions on all things cybercrime and cyber-attackers. Submissions due Feb 20, see website 🔗 full details ➡️ wacco-workshop.org

WACCO's coming again, this year in gorgeous Venice! Always a pleasure to co-organize the event with the mighty @message4bob.bsky.social and @serpastrana.bsky.social. Since WACCO moved entirely on 🦋, reposts for reach are esp. welcome! 🙏🏻 Looking forward to another super-interesting edition! 🧪

WACCO Workshop@wacco-workshop.org · 2y ago

The 7th IEEE Workshop on Attackers and CyberCrime Operations is on its way! This year happening in beautiful Venice, 🇮🇹, June 30th! We look forward for your excellent submissions on all things cybercrime and cyber-attackers. Submissions due Feb 20, see website 🔗 full details ➡️ wacco-workshop.org

During my sabbatical I’ve aimed to spend a couple of days each week working from college. Today was my first day back in the New Year. One advantage of it being dark at 5pm is seeing the lovely stained glass windows glow in the chapel.

Meanwhile the Royal Society still boasts of having Musk within its fellowship.

Asier Moneva@asiermoneva.com · 2y ago

"As a science funder, NWO believes it is important to foster connections and contribute to a respectful and inclusive public dialogue. NWO has concluded that X is no longer a platform that adequately facilitates this." Good for the NWO! Come over to @bsky.app maybe? www.nwo.nl/en/news/nwo-...

Academic life means Santa delivers paper rejections on Christmas Day.

As an Australian, spending Christmas in cold dark UK still feels odd, even after living here for 10 years. Sometimes you have to brighten the night. This year we went to the lights at the Cambridge Botanic gardens.