[Nottingham] ShefLUG Talk: Evil on the Internet

[Martin]

Folks,

FYI:

An interesting looking talk from just north of us:


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Evil on the Internet lecture given by
Richard Clayton. More about Richard Clayton here….

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rnc1
http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/

... 9th of September 2010 at 19:00 hours for 19:30 hours
... at the University of Sheffield, Kroto Innovation Centre,
Broad Lane, Sheffield S3 7HQ.


Richard Clayton

who is a computing expert based at the University of Cambridge will
provide live examples of ‘evil’ websites explaining how they work and
what is currently known about the criminals who operate them. The
talk will cover Phishing sites which collect banking credentials;
mule recruitment websites enticing people into money laundering;
fake escrow sites defrauding the winners of online auctions; fake
banks which hold cash for fake African dictators; Ponzi scheme
websites where almost (but not quite) everyone knows that they’re
a scam. This event is arranged in conjunction with….

Sheffield Linux User’s Group (ShefLUG)

The British Computer Society (BCS) – South Yorkshire section

The Institute of Electrical Technologists (IET) – South Yorkshire

branch

Registration is essential for catering, health & safety and security.

The lecture is free. Please register to attend at …..

http://www.theiet.org/local/uk/yorks/south/events.cfm

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Richard
http://www.sheflug.org.uk
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Cheers,
Martin

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Martin Lomas
martin at ml1.co.uk
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