Tag: ross anderson
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The Internet of Bad Things, Observed
In his VB2015 keynote address, Ross Anderson described attacks against EMV cards. The VB2015 opening keynote by Ross Anderson could hardly have been more timely. In his talk “The Internet of Bad Things, Observed”, the Cambridge professor looked at various attacks against the EMV standard for payment cards — attacks that have been used to…
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Ross Anderson awarded BCS Lovelace Medal
Cambridge professor to deliver VB2015 keynote. Yesterday, the British Computer Society (BCS) announced that the 2015 Lovelace Medal has been awarded to Prof. Ross Anderson. Named after and in honour of Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), who is often credited as being the first computer programmer, the Lovelace Medal is awarded to “individuals who have made an…