Outputs (408)

Evaluation of the DFET Cloud. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Ramsay, B., Macfarlane, R., Smales, A., Keane, E., Callahan, C., …Popov, O. (2015, September). Evaluation of the DFET Cloud. Paper presented at Cybercrime Forensics Education and Training (CFET) conference

The DFET (Digital Forensics Evaluation and Training) Cloud creates new training methods/techniques to support judicial authorities, law enforcement agencies and associated stakeholders in the fight against cybercrime through the development of a virt... Read More about Evaluation of the DFET Cloud..

Teaching penetration and malware analysis in a cloud-based environment. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Ramsay, B., Macfarlane, R., Smales, A., & Russell, G. (2015, June). Teaching penetration and malware analysis in a cloud-based environment. Paper presented at UK Workshop on Cybersecurity Training & Education

This paper outlines evaluation of running a private Cloud-based system over two semesters at Edinburgh Napier University for two modules: Security Testing and Advanced Network Forensics (BEng (Hons) level and focused on Penetration testing and Malwar... Read More about Teaching penetration and malware analysis in a cloud-based environment..

Cyber security in practice: identifying areas of vulnerability. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., & Smales, A. (2015, February). Cyber security in practice: identifying areas of vulnerability. Paper presented at Scot-Secure 2015

Areas covered include: - Using penetration testing to highlight areas of weakness - Practical steps for improving the security of your organisation.

The future internet: a world of secret shares (2015)
Journal Article
Buchanan, W. J., Lanc, D., Ukwandu, E., Fan, L., Russell, G., & Lo, O. (2015). The future internet: a world of secret shares. Future Internet, 7(4), 445-464. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi7040445

The PKI infrastructure is crumbling, especially due to the lack of a strong understanding of how encryption actually works, and in threats around its implementation. This paper outlines an Internet storage using secret sharing methods, and which coul... Read More about The future internet: a world of secret shares.

Real-time monitoring of privacy abuses and intrusion detection in android system (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, S., Chen, J., Spyridopoulos, T., Andriotis, P., Ludwiniak, R., & Russell, G. (2015, August). Real-time monitoring of privacy abuses and intrusion detection in android system. Presented at International Conference on Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy, and Trust, Los Angeles, CA, USA

In this paper, we investigated the definition of privacy, privacy abuse behaviours, and the privacy abuse in Android systems, which may be very useful for identifying the malicious apps from 'normal' apps. We also investigated the injection technolog... Read More about Real-time monitoring of privacy abuses and intrusion detection in android system.

The Internet of Things: a security point of view. (2016)
Journal Article
Li, S., Tryfonas, T., & Li, H. (2016). The Internet of Things: a security point of view. Internet Research, 26(2), 337-359. https://doi.org/10.1108/IntR-07-2014-0173

Purpose -- To provide an in-depth overview of the security requirements and challenges for Internet of Things (IoT) and discuss security solutions for various enabling technologies and implications to various applications. Design/methodology/approa... Read More about The Internet of Things: a security point of view..

Fast contraband detection in large capacity disk drives (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Penrose, P., Buchanan, W. J., & Macfarlane, R. (2015, March). Fast contraband detection in large capacity disk drives. Presented at DFRWS 2015 Europe, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

In recent years the capacity of digital storage devices has been increasing at a rate that has left digital forensic services struggling to cope. There is an acknowledgement that current forensic tools have failed to keep up. The workload is such tha... Read More about Fast contraband detection in large capacity disk drives.

Review of e-Health Frameworks. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Prajapati, B., Buchanan, W. J., Smales, A., Macfarlane, R., & Spyra, G. (2015). Review of e-Health Frameworks. In Health Informatics Conference 2015

In order to improve the quality of health care and widen the accessibility, health care providers are consistently looking to inject information and communication technology to the traditional health care system (Mair, et al., 2012). This process can... Read More about Review of e-Health Frameworks..

Codebreaking has moved on since Turing’s day, with dangerous implications. (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). Codebreaking has moved on since Turing’s day, with dangerous implications

We have always been been intrigued by keeping secrets and uncovering the secrets of others, whether that’s childhood secret messages, or secrets and codebreaking of national importance. With a film, The Imitation Game, reprising the life of Alan Turi... Read More about Codebreaking has moved on since Turing’s day, with dangerous implications..

Better locks to secure our data are the inevitable result of too many prying eyes (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). Better locks to secure our data are the inevitable result of too many prying eyes

Robert Hannigan, the new head of British signals intelligence agency GCHQ, has accused technology companies of aiding terrorists and criminals by providing them secure communications through their products and networks. Far from adopting a conciliato... Read More about Better locks to secure our data are the inevitable result of too many prying eyes.

In cybersecurity, the weakest link is … you (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). In cybersecurity, the weakest link is … you

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Computer security relies on a great number of links, hardware, software and something else altogether: you. The greatest threat to information security is actually people. Why strive to defeat encrypted... Read More about In cybersecurity, the weakest link is … you.

When the ATM runs Windows, how safe is your money? (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). When the ATM runs Windows, how safe is your money?

How safe is Microsoft Windows? After all, the list of malware that has caused major headaches worldwide over the last 15 years is long – viruses, worms and Trojans have forced computers to shut down, knocked South Korea offline and even overloaded Go... Read More about When the ATM runs Windows, how safe is your money?.

iWorm hack shows Macs are vulnerable too (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). iWorm hack shows Macs are vulnerable too

The computer operating systems and applications we use today have often evolved over many years, decades even, and contain tens or hundreds of millions of lines of code. Flaws in that code – and there will always be some – give rise to security probl... Read More about iWorm hack shows Macs are vulnerable too.

“I am Spartacus”: privacy enhancing technologies, collaborative obfuscation and privacy as a public good (2014)
Journal Article
Kwecka, Z., Buchanan, W. J., Schafer, B., & Rauhofer, J. (2014). “I am Spartacus”: privacy enhancing technologies, collaborative obfuscation and privacy as a public good. Artificial Intelligence and Law, 22(2), 113-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10506-014-9155-5

The paper introduces an approach to privacy enhancing technologies that sees privacy not merely as an individual right, but as a public good. This understanding of privacy has recently gained ground in the debate on appropriate legal protection for p... Read More about “I am Spartacus”: privacy enhancing technologies, collaborative obfuscation and privacy as a public good.

Garmin satnav forensic methods and artefacts: an exploratory study. (2014)
Thesis
Arbelet, A. (2014). Garmin satnav forensic methods and artefacts: an exploratory study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7334

Over ten years ago, major changes in the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology led to its explosion in popularity. GPS devices are now ubiquitous, escorting their users everywhere they go, and potentially recording the entirety of their whereabo... Read More about Garmin satnav forensic methods and artefacts: an exploratory study..

Complete anatomy of Heartbleed, Truecrypt and large-scale vulnerabilities. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, September). Complete anatomy of Heartbleed, Truecrypt and large-scale vulnerabilities. Paper presented at 7th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN 2014)

This presentation will outline some new research related to the Heartbleed vulnerability, and cover the full technical details of the threat, with a live demo. Along with it will show how Heartbleed is detected on networked device, and some new resea... Read More about Complete anatomy of Heartbleed, Truecrypt and large-scale vulnerabilities..

Discrete Logarithms within Computer and Network Security. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, April). Discrete Logarithms within Computer and Network Security. Presented at Napier 400 - Numerical Algorithms and Intelligent Software Symposium

As we move into an Information Age, the requirement for computer security increases by the day, only in terms of privacy, but also in terms of proving identity and in verifying the integrity of data. Unfortunately many of the most widely used public... Read More about Discrete Logarithms within Computer and Network Security..

How the love of one teenager brought Tweetdeck to its knees. (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). How the love of one teenager brought Tweetdeck to its knees

TweetDeck, a Twitter app with millions of users, is back online after a rather surprising security scare. For several hours, the service was taken down all because a 19-year-old user tried to add a cute heart to his messages.

The New Enlightenment in Scotland. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, January). The New Enlightenment in Scotland. Paper presented at Secure Scotland

Scotland, as a nation, has been built on enterprise and innovation, and, at one time, led the world in terms of enlightenment for its scientific and cultural approach. This presentation outlines the current growth of confidence in Scotland as a place... Read More about The New Enlightenment in Scotland..

Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security. (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security

The growing extent to which our day-to-day infrastructure is computer-controlled and internet-connected leaves it open to the possibility that malicious hackers could intercept data or take control of devices. Often this sort of critical infrastructu... Read More about Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security..