Any chance this will be streamed or recorded? On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Yosem Companys <compa...@stanford.edu> wrote:
> From: Bill Marczak <w...@cs.berkeley.edu> > > *Title:* Defending Dissidents from Targeted Digital Surveillance > *Speaker:* William R. Marczak > *Advisor:* Prof. Vern Paxson > > *Date:* Friday, Dec 09, 2016 > *Time:* 12PM - 1PM > *Location:* 205 South Hall, UC Berkeley > *Food:* Light lunch > *RSVP requested:* https://docs.google.com/forms/ > d/e/1FAIpQLSfSeROEo6bOTvNzZw6KTf--Lgr5-yP5TFcpT0qY66x9foyHtg/viewform > > *Abstract:* > > Computer security research devotes extensive efforts to protecting > individuals against indiscriminate, large-scale attacks such as those used > by cybercriminals, and protecting institutions against targeted cyber > attacks conducted by nation-states (so-called “Advanced Persistent > Threats''). Where these two problem domains intersect, however---targeted > cyber attacks by nation-states against individuals---has received > considerably less study. > > In this talk, I will first detail my efforts to characterize this space, > based on analysis of an extensive collection of suspicious files and links > targeting activists, opposition members, and nongovernmental organizations > in the Middle East over a period of several years. I will present attack > campaigns involving a variety of commercial “lawful intercept” and > off-the-shelf tools, and explain Internet scanning techniques I used to map > out the potential broader scope of such activity. Based on these first > efforts, I will present the results of my IRB-approved research study > involving in-depth interviews with 30 potential targets of abusive > surveillance in four countries. The results give insight into potential > targets’ perceptions of the risks associated with their online activity, > and their security posture. Based on my study results, I will propose > Himaya, a defensive approach I developed that readily integrates with > targets’ workflow to provide near real-time scanning of a subject’s email > messages to check for threats. I will explain Himaya’s architecture and > provide preliminary data from its beta deployment. > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ > mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. >
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