The BBC reported today that organized theft of accounts and their related in-world currency had been occurring in Runescape. UK Police have arrested one individual and are thought to be working with the FBI to trace US based suspect. This is a fascinating case of life following fiction as it looks as though the plot-line [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Theft of money in virtual accounts: criminal tsunami approaching
Posted in Crime, tagged currency, runescape, stross on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Interview with Tim Stevens, author of ubiwar – conflict in n dimensions
Posted in News on November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tim Stevens, author of ubiwar, has been kind enough to answer some questions for me concerning cyber conflict in our contemporary virtual space. Mr. Stevens is a PhD candidate at King’s College in London researching institutional responses to cyber threats, particularly in the field of cyber strategy. His related research interests include the political use [...]
Augmented Reality Security Considerations
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This post had originally been titled “The Top Augmented Security Threats“….on what grounds do I have to make such claims? These technologies and ideas are new. As such, aggressively speculating on potential future dangers (with no idea how real they are) is dangerous. In writing this blog, I hope to spark new thoughts and build [...]
Mobile Metadata Mining of Augmented Reality Systems
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Augmented reality is here. Right now, today. We are about to see some creative developers make some incredibly powerful applications, applications that will change our lives on a daily basis. So what is augmented reality? In case the concept of augmented reality is still new to you, basically it’s the placement of a digital layer [...]
