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AI security and cyber risk in IoT systems
Petar Radanliev, David De Roure, Carsten Maple +3
We present a dependency model tailored to the context of current challenges in data strategies and make recommendations for the cybersecurity community. The model can be used for c…
Embedding Privacy in Computational Social Science and Artificial Intelligence Research
Keenan Jones, Fatima Zahrah, Jason R. C. Nurse
Privacy is a human right. It ensures that individuals are free to engage in discussions, participate in groups, and form relationships online or offline without fear of their data…
Exploring Cybercriminal Activities, Behaviors and Profiles
Maria Bada, Jason R. C. Nurse
While modern society benefits from a range of technological advancements, it also is exposed to an ever-increasing set of cybersecurity threats. These affect all areas of life incl…
It's more than just money: The real-world harms from ransomware attacks
Nandita Pattnaik, Jason R. C. Nurse, Sarah Turner +4
As cyber-attacks continue to increase in frequency and sophistication, organisations must be better prepared to face the reality of an incident. Any organisational plan that intend…
aedFaCT: Scientific Fact-Checking Made Easier via Semi-Automatic Discovery of Relevant Expert Opinions
Enes Altuncu, Jason R. C. Nurse, Meryem Bagriacik +4
In this highly digitised world, fake news is a challenging problem that can cause serious harm to society. Considering how fast fake news can spread, automated methods, tools and s…
Improving Performance of Automatic Keyword Extraction (AKE) Methods Using PoS-Tagging and Enhanced Semantic-Awareness
Enes Altuncu, Jason R. C. Nurse, Yang Xu +2
Automatic keyword extraction (AKE) has gained more importance with the increasing amount of digital textual data that modern computing systems process. It has various applications…
A Survey of User Perspectives on Security and Privacy in a Home Networking Environment
Nandita Pattnaik, Shujun Li, Jason R. C. Nurse
The security and privacy of smart home systems, particularly from a home user's perspective, have been a very active research area in recent years. However, via a meta-review of 52…
"You Just Assume It Is In There, I Guess": UK Families' Application And Knowledge Of Smart Home Cyber Security
Sarah Turner, Nandita Pattnaik, Jason R. C. Nurse +1
The Internet of Things (IoT) is increasingly present in many family homes, yet it is unclear precisely how well families understand the cyber security threats and risks of using su…
Perspectives of Non-Expert Users on Cyber Security and Privacy: An Analysis of Online Discussions on Twitter
Nandita Pattnaik, Shujun Li, Jason R. C. Nurse
Current research on users` perspectives of cyber security and privacy related to traditional and smart devices at home is very active, but the focus is often more on specific moder…
Are You Robert or RoBERTa? Deceiving Online Authorship Attribution Models Using Neural Text Generators
Keenan Jones, Jason R. C. Nurse, Shujun Li
Recently, there has been a rise in the development of powerful pre-trained natural language models, including GPT-2, Grover, and XLM. These models have shown state-of-the-art capab…
A Comparison of Online Hate on Reddit and 4chan: A Case Study of the 2020 US Election
Fatima Zahrah, Jason R. C. Nurse, Michael Goldsmith
The rapid integration of the Internet into our daily lives has led to many benefits but also to a number of new, wide-spread threats such as online hate, trolling, bullying, and ge…
It was hard to find the words: Using an Autoethnographic Diary Study to Understand the Difficulties of Smart Home Cyber Security Practices
Sarah Turner, Jason R. C. Nurse, Shujun Li
This study considers how well an autoethnographic diary study helps as a method to explore why families might struggle in the application of strong and cohesive cyber security meas…
When Googling it doesn't work: The challenge of finding security advice for smart home devices
Sarah Turner, Jason R. C. Nurse, Shujun Li
As users increasingly introduce Internet-connected devices into their homes, having access to accurate and relevant cyber security information is a fundamental means of ensuring sa…
Out of the Shadows: Analyzing Anonymous' Twitter Resurgence during the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests
Keenan Jones, Jason R. C. Nurse, Shujun Li
Recently, there had been little notable activity from the once prominent hacktivist group, Anonymous. The group, responsible for activist-based cyber attacks on major businesses an…
SherLOCKED: A Detective-themed Serious Game for Cyber Security Education
Alice Jaffray, Conor Finn, Jason R. C. Nurse
Gamification and Serious Games are progressively being used over a host of fields, particularly to support education. Such games provide a new way to engage students with content a…
Privacy Concerns in Chatbot Interactions: When to Trust and When to Worry
Rahime Belen Saglam, Jason R. C. Nurse, Duncan Hodges
Through advances in their conversational abilities, chatbots have started to request and process an increasing variety of sensitive personal information. The accurate disclosure of…
Remote Working Pre- and Post-COVID-19: An Analysis of New Threats and Risks to Security and Privacy
Jason R. C. Nurse, Nikki Williams, Emily Collins +3
COVID-19 has radically changed society as we know it. To reduce the spread of the virus, millions across the globe have been forced to work remotely, often in make-shift home offic…
Developing a cyber security culture: Current practices and future needs
Betsy Uchendu, Jason R. C. Nurse, Maria Bada +1
While the creation of a strong security culture has been researched and discussed for decades, it continues to elude many businesses. Part of the challenge faced is distilling pert…
StockBabble: A Conversational Financial Agent to support Stock Market Investors
Suraj Sharma, Joseph Brennan, Jason R. C. Nurse
We introduce StockBabble, a conversational agent designed to support understanding and engagement with the stock market. StockBabble's value and novelty is in its ability to empowe…
Profiling the Cybercriminal: A Systematic Review of Research
Maria Bada, Jason R. C. Nurse
As cybercrime becomes one of the most significant threats facing society today, it is of utmost importance to better understand the perpetrators behind such attacks. In this articl…
The Shadowy Lives of Emojis: An Analysis of a Hacktivist Collective's Use of Emojis on Twitter
Keenan Jones, Jason R. C. Nurse, Shujun Li
Emojis have established themselves as a popular means of communication in online messaging. Despite the apparent ubiquity in these image-based tokens, however, interpretation and a…
Cybersecurity Awareness
Jason R. C. Nurse
Cybersecurity awareness can be viewed as the level of appreciation, understanding or knowledge of cybersecurity or information security aspects. Such aspects include cognizance of…
A framework for effective corporate communication after cyber security incidents
Richard Knight, Jason R. C. Nurse
A major cyber security incident can represent a cyber crisis for an organisation, in particular because of the associated risk of substantial reputational damage. As the likelihood…
#ISIS vs #ActionCountersTerrorism: A Computational Analysis of Extremist and Counter-extremist Twitter Narratives
Fatima Zahrah, Jason R. C. Nurse, Michael Goldsmith
The rapid expansion of cyberspace has greatly facilitated the strategic shift of traditional crimes to online platforms. This has included malicious actors, such as extremist organ…