This was posted to Lugmaster and I thought some here might be interested.
Begin forwarded message: > From: Richard Ibbotson <richard.ibbot...@googlemail.com> > Date: 5 September 2010 11:18:12 GMT+01:00 > To: lugmas...@mailman.lug.org.uk > Subject: [lugmaster] Evil on the Internet and Capsicum > Reply-To: richard.ibbot...@gmail.com, "A closed discussion list for UK > LUGMasters." <lugmas...@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > Hello there > Not much help for anyone in the south of England but someone north of the > Midlands might be interested in this ..... > A reminder about the 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/ > The date for the meeting is the 9th of September 2010 at 19:00 hours > for 19:30 hours. This will take place 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 > -- > Richard > http://www.sheflug.org.uk > -- > lugmaster mailing list > lugmas...@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/lugmaster
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