Sneak peeking in the #WEIS23 conference hall while having the last sandwich. The program is thrilling! In the afternoon (4:40PM) I'll be presenting our last paper on economic characteristics of prominent underground markets. Check it out here ➡️ weis2023.econinfosec.org/wp-content/upl…

Interesting insights about argot use in underground forums at #WEIS23 from Jack Hughes, Andrew Caines & @message4bob. Forum participants drop argot the more reputable they get. Interested to see if this is just related to sellers (to be professional) or not.

And it was a fruitful session! I loved to see the crowd reacting to my presentation. Many interesting perspectives on how to estimate market success from the way they operate wrt their participants & activity!

A few considerations on the announced Genesis Market sale that I spotted last Friday. Thanks Alex Martin for providing me a platform with this on-point article!

It did not take too long to find a buyer for the golden goose. I wonder if there will be a rebranding and how the underground will react.

The mentioned article: dannymekic.com/202310/undermi…

Breaking News! Well humanity, we did it, even if just for one day. Yesterday, Nov. 18, was the first time in recorded history that the global 2m surface temperature breached 2.0°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC baseline. The long-term average remains below 1.5°C. But not for long.

📢 What do we know about #pathways into and out of financial-economic #cybercrime? If you want to find out, don't miss Joeri Loggen's new systematic narrative review, together with Rutger Leukfeldt and myself, out in Computer Law & Security Review. 👇🏼 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In case you missed it, here's my presentation at USENIX Security '23 about attacker preferences that we derived from the market activity of Genesis Market, a market for user impersonation at scale ➡️ youtu.be/wNDoncVyIjI Paper here ➡️ usenix.org/system/files/u…

Many tradeoffs exist in managing the flow of offensive cyber capabilities. Winnona 💾, James Shires, JD Work, @HowellONeill, Michele Campobasso, et al. dive into AaaS markets, emphasizing the need to understand, partner & shape these transactions - atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…

I was not aware of the rights and responsibilities set by the European Digital Services Act with regards to the measures to mitigate and to set platforms accountable for the spread of potentially harmful content. So proud to be a European citizen. #DSA #FreedomOfSpeech #Europe

Are we ready for a world where our data is exposed at a glance? Caine Ardayfio 🐧 and I offer an answer to protect yourself here: tinyurl.com/meet-ixray

By me Forbes: AI in a hoodie. Pew Pew. Or maybe not... #kudos Forescout and Michele Campobasso for the excellent rearch and analysis. #infosec forbes.com/sites/daveywin…