In this reboot of the Three Paper Thursdays, back after a hiatus of almost eight years, I consider the many different ways in which programs can be sanitised to detect, or mitigated to prevent the use of, the many programmer errors that can introduce security vulerabilities in low-level languages such as C and C++. We … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: Sanitisers and Mitigators →

The platforms, providers, and infrastructures which together make up the contemporary Internet play an increasingly central role in the business of governing human societies. Although the software engineers, administrators, business professionals, and other staff working at these organisations may not have the institutional powers of state organisations such as law enforcement or the civil service, … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: The role of intermediaries, platforms, and infrastructures in governing crime and abuse →

Recent advancements in Machine Learning (ML) have taught us two main lessons: a large proportion of things that humans do can actually be automated, and that a substantial part of this automation can be done with minimal human supervision. One no longer needs to select features for models to use; in many cases people are … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: Adversarial Machine Learning, Humans and everything in between →

People have tried to develop many different attack vectors on cryptocurrencies, from codebase flaws, cryptographic algorithms, mining processes, consensus protocols and block propagation mechanisms to the underlying network layer. Most attacks could be patched quickly by modifying the source code, but preventing attacks that exploit the network layer remains a non-trivial problem as the network … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: Attacking the Bitcoin Peer-to-Peer Network →

Just as in other types of victimization, victims of cybercrime can experience serious consequences, emotional or not. First of all, a repeat victim of a cyber-attack might face serious financial or emotional hardship. These victims are also more likely to require medical attention as a consequence of online fraud victimization. This means repeat victims have a … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: Exploring the Impact of Online Crime Victimization →

Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) represents Intel’s latest foray into trusted computing. Initially intended as a means to secure cloud computation, it has since been employed for DRM and secure key storage in production systems. SGX differs from its competitors such as TrustZone in its focus on reducing the volume of trusted code in its “secure … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: What’s Intel SGX Good For? →

A compelling addition to repo house – but is the Redmond flavour too strong?

GitHub had a lot to say about its plans at its virtual Satellite event yesterday, but the most far-reaching was the advent of Codespaces, the ability to edit code online, integrated into the GitHub user interface.…

Revisit what it’s like to run a PDP-10 and be eaten by a grue

Source code for seminal adventure game Zork, dating back to 1977 and recovered from MIT tapes, was published this week on GitHub.…

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It used to be the tradition around these here parts to post fan art on Thursday, comic themed, but not comic published, art by fans or professionals.

So share your commissions or interesting art you've seen. (If in doubt, check with the artist it's okay to post it and if they say no, then it's a no!)

( Just for fun )

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This is my first post here, so I hope I'm doing it right.

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I couldn't resist sharing some more fan art.

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Some MCU mashups from Liu-Psypher aka Prime Premne, who has designed most of my shirts

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1. 173 gestrande Belgen eindelijk thuis na quarantaine in Tenerife: “Regering liet ons aan ons lot over. We hebben twee maanden op ons terras moeten doorbrengen”  Het Laatste Nieuws
2. 173 gestrande Belgen eindelijk thuis na quarantaine in Tenerife: “Regering heeft te weinig gedaan!”  Het Laatste Nieuws
3. Na quarantaine in Tenerife: 173 Belgen eindelijk weer thuis  De Morgen
4. Belgen die vastzaten op Tenerife charterden zelf vliegtuig naar huis  De Standaard
5. West-Vlaming regelt repatriëring gestrande Belgen  Focus en WTV
6. Hele verhaal bekijken via Google Nieuws

1. Tips for slowing livestock growth due to plant closures. 2. “The Arizona Department of Health Services told a team of university experts working on COVID-19 modeling to “pause” its work, an email from a department leader shows.” 3. Florian Schneider has passed away. 4. Source code for the Imperial College model.  And Sue Denim […]

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3.2 million new lucky duckies.

Rock on.

“While we did send you the text file two days late last Thursday, the rest of the schedule cannot be delayed by two days. Oh, by the way, here is a new version of the text file you will have to use instead.”

- Client, on Monday

Hi All Just to update you I have converted my Travel Blog from Private to Public as several people could not register with their email addresses. Not all addresses are accepted for some reason. Anyway now public. This time next Sunday I will

Racing in Germany will restart at Hanover on Thursday after being given clearance from the authorities.

Declan Whooley chats to Tipperary football manager David Power, who should be preparing for his first Munster SFC game against Clare on Saturday evening.

2007 was the first time Champery appeared on the World Cup circuit and it was a rude awakening for the riders.
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With their gaze fixed fully on the playoffs for months, the Clippers have been guilty of appearing disinterested at times during the regular season.

The quarterfinal round of the league's players-only NBA 2K video-game tournament will resume Thursday with quarterfinals that were originally set for Tuesday.

LeBron James will not play in the Lakers' game against the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night in San Francisco because of a strained groin.

Officials say many restrictions will be in place, to change in four phases.

Pac-12 officials made the announcement that no fans would be allowed to attend games after similar mandates were made by the Big Ten and Big 12 conferences.

Only in the U.S., and no other civilized democracy, does a supposed right to take up arms against a duly elected government garner respect.

'Attention must be paid': A nation of Willy Lomans can find truth in the "Death of a Salesman" character play by Dustin Hoffman and Brian Dennehy.

The Cannabis Cafe is selling weed and food through a new drive-thru operation.

The language of the 2nd Amendment suggests that the Constitution's framers did not want to empower rifle-wielding protesters to invade statehouses.

Baltic states agreed each 'had successfully managed the spread of Covid-19 and trust each other's health care systems'

What's on TV Thursday, April 30: Coronavirus TV specials; season finales of 'Last Man Standing' on Fox; '60 Days In' on A&E; 'Better Thinks' on FX; 'Cake' on FXX

BBC Weather have forecasted a rapid plummet in temperature due to Arctic winds after a bout of heavy rain and thunderstorms on Sunday.

Episode five of The Last Dance proved to be an emotional watch as a never-before-seen interview with Kobe Bryant was aired.

Gần như tất cả các đảo nổi VN đang quản lý đều có chùa và dân, còn rau muống biển thì có vị 'như cách đây 30 năm' trong đất liền, một Việt kiều nói.

Nhà phân tích chính trị từ ĐH George Mason trả lời câu hỏi Việt Nam có nên tìm cách liên minh với các nước khác để đối trọng với Trung Quốc.

Vấn đề hoà giải, hoà hợp vẫn còn nhức nhối giữa những người Việt thuộc hai phe, GS Carl Thayer, nhà nghiên cứu chính trị VN và bang giao quốc tế, nói.

Hội đồng Thẩm phán TAND Tối cao Việt Nam không chấp nhận kháng nghị trong vụ Hồ Duy Hải, giữ nguyên án tử hình.

A local 501st Legion member discusses his introduction to the Star Wars universe, what it takes to be a trooping member of the worldwide organization.

Members of Trail Hero and other local outdoor enthusiasts step up to keep Sand Hollow State Park clean after a wave of non-locals ended in vandalism.

As a fundraiser for Feeding America, the cast of "Parks and Recreation" shot a special episode during the coronavirus pandemic. It will air April 30.