Cybercrime Analytics

Pleased to have been invited to speak at the International Children's Safety Service Conference in Budapest, Hungary September 26-27. I will be addressing how past methods of educating people, particularly our youth about being more cyber-safe and cyber-savvy must be improved if we are to reduce rates of cyber-victimization more effectively. Special thank you to Dr. Tibor Kiss, Senior Lecturer at National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary, for inviting me and arranging for me to present.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhoJDKryKj8

Latest column in the Kingsville Observer on passwords published June 17. Enjoy!

Defend against computer hackers with a complex, hard-to-identify password Proper password management, while challenging, can prevent a costly breach Think your computer passwords are safe? It depends. Hackers use password “crackers” such as dictionary or brute force attack applications to detect passwords. Dictionary attacks search for common words or phrases and, whi...

Very excited to have been invited as a student paper discussant at the upcoming 2021 White Hat Conference June 1 - 2, 2021. Based on last year's conference, this will be a great event with tough competition amongst teams conducting cybercrime investigation tasks, as well as by those presenting papers.

White Hat Conference White Hat Conference Boston University June 1 & 2, 2021 Boston University Metropolitan College’s Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity (CIC) program will be hosting the virtual 2021 International White Hat Conference, supported by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance...

Pleased to have been invited to commence writing a new column for the Kingsville Observer in Southern Ontario. I will be writing about the many aspects of cybercrime, and how best to reduce our risks of becoming a cybervictim.

If anyone has suggestions for subjects they would like me to address, please send them along.

Here is the first column.

Cybercrime is big business where risk is low, reward high Internet technology has transformed our lives — and created fertile ground for hackers Despite advances in software designed to identify, intercept and stop malicious cyberattacks — and ongoing efforts to educate people to be more savvy when using technology — cybercrime continues to escalate ...