Nowadays cyber criminals attack online services to gain control of the users, to retrieve sensitive information or to manipulate transactions. In this talk we will discuss: 1. What are the main tec...

This talk will present Surveillance without Borders, a resource which illustrates how surveillance is being carried out around the world according to the Snowden revelations. The role corporations p...

It happened, software ate the world, we lost control over our information and security is not better than before. How to stem organized crime, corporations’ and governments’ appetite on data bub...

Stories of computer attacks against journalists and activists. From the use of spyware to the mysterious attempts to force social profiles (as recently denounced by Twitter), journalists, researcher...

Data retention, state-sponsored attacks on Twitter, journalists being blocked from doing their work, Big Data and still “Nothing to Hide”? Despite the many threats faced by a growing number of p...

The Internet of Things is the materialization of what was once called “Ubiquitous Computing” and then “Pervasive Computing”, both seen in the past as positive aspects of technology. Today th...

The concerns raised by hardware security are increasing more and more as attackers expand their scope outside the pure realm of software. While certainly representing an advanced threat, hardware at...

Beyond malware: the nasty side effects of client-side attacks Should I delete that email? Is this mobile app really useful? These are just a few questions that internet user ask to themselves while...

The increasing prevalence of analytics and Big Data in both the private and public sector present novel challenges for privacy. In this presentation, an example of the concept of predictive privacy ...

A global trend of using ICT for harassing and shutting down female voices and opinions is constantly happening, while women are struggling to stay vocal. The GTI project, apart from networking, shar...