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Steven Murdoch @steven.murdoch.is · 08/09/2026
It’s #NationalCodingWeek next week, so I've published a resource on using the BBC @microbit.org to play a game that explores how radio waves travel, get blocked by/reflected off obstacles, and the challenges of measuring strong signals that can overload sensors.
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Steven Murdoch @steven.murdoch.is · 28/07/2026
National COVID-19 figures couldn’t tell a department whether to hold a seminar next week. So from 2020 to 2022 I collected UCL’s daily case counts and turned them into an early-warning chart. I’ve now archived all of it plus 168 newsletters for context. www.benthamsgaze.org/2026/07/26/u...
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UCL’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a historical archive – Bentham’s Gaze
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Steven Murdoch @steven.murdoch.is · 02/06/2026
For 19 years, GPS satellites have secretly broadcast a “numbers station” in their signals. We decoded 12M messages: a 2011 flash where 31 satellites flipped in hours, “ghost” substrings repeating years apart, and a “TEXT” prefix spreading now. lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/...
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Inside GNSS Media & Research • May/June 2026 • 62
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Steven Murdoch @steven.murdoch.is · 01/12/2025
Reuters were accused of acting illegally in guessing the URL of an unreleased report in 2002. I didn’t hear anything after the initial reports so presume it was quietly dropped or settled. blog.citp.princeton.edu/2002/10/31/i...
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Intentia vs. Reuters: A (Slightly) Contrarian View - CITP Blog
The recent dispute between Intentia and Reuters has gotten lots of online attention, most of it scornful of Intentia's position. I think Intentia is wrong, but it's a closer call than most online comm...
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Steven Murdoch @steven.murdoch.is · 12/08/2025
UCL Computer Science are hiring Section Managers to support the development and delivery of teaching, research, and strategy within their section. I’ll be leading the Foundational Computer Science section, where the InfoSec group is based. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL InfoSec @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk · 22/07/2025
“$5 Wrench Attacks: When Cryptocurrency Crime Get Physical”, a post on Bentham’s Gaze by Marilyne Ordekian discussing when XKCD comics become reality – www.benthamsgaze.org/2025/07/22/5...
Actual actual reality: nobody cares about his secrets. (Also, I would be hard-pressed to find that wrench for $5.)
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Steven Murdoch @steven.murdoch.is · 06/06/2025
I am recruiting mental-health experts (clinical psychologists and psychiatrists) for an in-person workshop in London to discuss a mobile app for mental health care. Participants will receive £500+expenses for their time. If you might be interested please email s.murdoch@ucl.ac.uk
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UCL InfoSec @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk · 15/05/2025
On our new paper published at IEEE Security and Privacy – “A Privacy Framework for Research Using Social Media Data”, a summary by Kyle Beadle. www.benthamsgaze.org/2025/05/15/a...
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A Privacy Framework for Research Using Social Media Data
Social media data enables researchers to understand current events and human behavior with unprecedented ease and scale. Yet, researchers often violate user privacy when they access, process, and stor...
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Steven Murdoch @steven.murdoch.is · 07/04/2025
I have an open PhD position at @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk on applying traffic-analysis resistance techniques to protect industrial control systems. Full funding is available for home-fee status students (deadline 15 April). www.ucl.ac.uk/security-cri...
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Sharad Agarwal @shad1126.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Criminals have been abusing newly registered domains towards SMS phishing #smishing. Our research empirically investigates the abuse of over 15k newly registered phishing domains using @spamhaustech.bsky.social @spamhaus.bsky.social passive DNS. @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk www.spamhaus.com/resource-cen...
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Supporting researchers: How Passive DNS enabled a study into abuse of newly registered domains for phishing - Spamhaus Technology
UCL researchers use Spamhaus' Passive DNS to investigate domains abuse - read on to learn more.
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Steven Murdoch @steven.murdoch.is · 06/03/2025
Until now, the UK government recommended that individuals at high risk, like legal professionals, enable Apple Advanced Data Protection (ADP). Apple disabled ADP following government pressure, and now the NCSC quietly deleted their guidance recommending ADP.
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Fabio Pierazzi @fbpierazzi.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
On March 6th, 2025 (6pm-8pm UK time), there will be a PhD Open Evening, as an hybrid event held online via Zoom and in person at "Room 225, Central House," 14 Upper Woburn Place, WC1H 0NN, London. You may register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/phd-hybrid... /cc @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
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PhD Hybrid Open Evening - UCL Security & Crime Science
Join us to to find out more about the PhD programme we have on offer at the UCL Security & Crime Science (SCS) department.
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Fabio Pierazzi @fbpierazzi.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
[1/5] Opportunity to Apply for a Fully-Funded "UK Home Studentship" for a PhD at @ucl.ac.uk Computer Science and @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk (deadline: Feb 21, 2025) (Please note that this opportunity is open only to candidates eligible for "UK Home" fees.)
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Steven Murdoch @steven.murdoch.is · 13/01/2025
My take on the AI Action Plan – good: encouraging APIs and standardisation; bad: focus on dataset release rather than controlled access (anonymisation has a poor track record for rich data); concerning: prioritisation of novelty over doing the right thing. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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AI Opportunities Action Plan
Recommendations for the government to capture the opportunities of AI to enhance growth and productivity and create tangible benefits for UK citizens.
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UCL InfoSec @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk · 06/01/2025
Funded opportunity for a PhD studentship on Trustworthy Machine Learning in the UCL InfoSec Research Group. Further details are in the thread below (application deadline 28 January).
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UCL InfoSec @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk · 29/11/2024
The UCL Information Security Research Group is now on Bluesky
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