UU piece on work with Abbas Cheddad, Joan Condell, Peter Devine and Paul Mc Kevitt on investigating digital watermarking and how it can be used to hide personal or sensitive data in photo images, identity cards and other digital media.
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Information Hiding, Watermarking and Steganography Event
Involved with colleagues in a Knowledge Club talk delivered Professor Ingemar Cox, BT Chair of Communications at University College London. The event was held at the Intelligent Systems Research Centre (ISRC) entitled ‘Information Hiding, Watermarking and Steganography’ and was part of a funded HEFE Connected Project.
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More than two million British children risk falling victim to internet sex predators
My interview on BBC Radio Foyle News at One Programme on best practice for parents and children in staying safe online and necessary steps to take.
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BBC TV interview on the Dangers of WiFi
My 2008 BBC TV interview on the Dangers of WiFi.
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Retraining is key to halting data breaches…
My interview in the Belfast Telegraph article on the importance of protecting data on hard drives. (This was a follow up to the news that personal details of one million people were discovered on a computer sold on eBay).
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US cracks ‘biggest ID fraud case’
My interview on BBC Radio Ulster Evening Extra on how 11 people in the USA were charged with stealing more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers in the country’s largest ever identity theft.
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Net firms in music pirates deal
My interview on BBC Radio Foyle News at One on how six of the UK’s biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music industry to tackle piracy online.
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Online Banking Fraud
My interview on BBC Radio Ulster Talk Back on the problem of online fraud especially where people have found that their online banking details have been compromised.
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Hacker crashes government sites
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-curran-18/bbc-radio-ulster-talk-back-on-an-attempt-made-to-hack-into-a-web-server
My interview on BBC Radio Ulster Talk Back on an attempt made to hack into a web server, owned and maintained the Northern Ireland Civil Service’s IT Shared Service Centre, which hosts a number of government websites including the Planning Service.
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BBC Lunchtime News on a hacker crashing the government planning services web site
My interview on BBC Lunchtime News on a hacker crashing the government planning services web site.