[PhD position] Want to work at the intersection of Program Analysis and Machine Learning for Trustworthy AI for Malware Detection? Competitive fully-funded PhD position at UCL Computer Science to work with Fabio Pierazzi and myself! Explore the wonders of AI for systems security... done right!

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. gov.uk/government/pub…

Based on our research UCL InfoSec UCL Computer Science UCL, we (w/ Marie Vasek) submitted a response to Ofcom reducing messaging scams which is now available at ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-bro… #smsscams #scams #smishing

The government is reviewing the legal presumption that electronic evidence is reliable. I was one of several experts to comment on this news. computerweekly.com/news/366618322…

[1/4] Opportunity to Apply for a Fully-Funded "UK Home Studentship" for a PhD at UCL Computer Science and UCL InfoSec (deadline: Feb 21, 2025) (Please note that this opportunity is open only to candidates eligible for "UK Home" fees.)

New paper "AuthorMist: Evading AI Text Detectors with Reinforcement Learning" where we show how reinforcement learning can transform a 3B-parameter LM into a specialized system that consistently evades AI text detection! With Z A D D Y 1/13

Criminals have been abusing newly registered domains towards SMS phishing aka #smishing. Our research empirically investigates the abuse of over 15k newly registered phishing domains using Spamhaus Spamhaus Technology passive DNS.UCL InfoSec UCL Computer Science Read blog here: spamhaus.com/resource-cente…

I am advertising two PhD projects in the area of AI&cybersecurity as part of the new EPSRC CDT in Cyber-Physical Risk at UCL. These are fully-funded PhD studentships starting in September 2025. Information here: ucl.ac.uk/security-crime… Closing date: 15 April 2025.

🔔Research in news🚨 The results from our work on categorization of SMS scams from #IMC2024 and the upcoming paper on "Hi Mum and Dad" SMS scams USENIX Security are referenced in today's The Times and The Sunday Times article by Yennah Smart thetimes.com/business-money… #StopScamsUK UCL InfoSec UCL Computer Science UCL

I have an open PhD position at UCL InfoSec on applying traffic-analysis resistance techniques to protect industrial control systems. Full funding is available for home-fee status students (deadline 15 April). ucl.ac.uk/security-crime…

On our new paper published at IEEE Security and Privacy IEEE S&P – “A Privacy Framework for Research Using Social Media Data”, a summary by Kyle Beadle benthamsgaze.org/2025/05/15/a-p…

📣📱💳 Our paper (w/Marie Vasek) titled "Card-Not-Present Fraud resulting from Smishing Attacks: An Experimental Study" was accepted NSPWorkshop 2025! Looking forward to a great discussion. #CNPfraud #smscams #scams #smishing #onlinefraud #StopScamsUK #NSPW25 UCL InfoSec UCL Computer Science UCL

In case you weren’t able to attend the The Honeynet Project Annual Workshop 2025 in Prague last month, my talk and others are now live: m.youtube.com/watch?t=16302&… Stratosphere Laboratory AIC FEE CTU UCL UCL InfoSec UCL Computer Science #smishing #smscam #honeypot #Honeynet2025

“$5 Wrench Attacks: When Cryptocurrency Crime Get Physical”, a post on Bentham’s Gaze by Marilyne Ordekian discussing when XKCD comics become reality – benthamsgaze.org/2025/07/22/5-w…

Looking forward to presenting our paper on “Hi mum and dad” SMS scams next week USENIX Security in Seattle! If you are attending #USENIX25, come to the Fraud, Malware and Spam track on 14th Aug! UCL InfoSec UCL Computer Science UCL IMDEA Networks Stop Scams UK #onlinefraud #scams #cybercrime

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. ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…+

Looking forward to presenting and discussing our paper (w/ Marie Vasek) in collaboration with #StopScamsUK on #CNPfraud NSPWorkshop in Germany over the next few days! UCL InfoSec UCL Computer Science UCL Stop Scams UK #onlinefraud #smishing #smscsams Paymentology #NSPW #remotefraud #cardfraud

Emiliano will be back at UCL for a talk on Monday 📍 169 Euston Road, GF Seminar Room 📅 September 22 🕑 2:00 PM Swing by if you’re in town and interested in synthetic data and privacy or just want to say hi. sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk/seminars/

‼️New paper alert 📣 Our latest paper on understanding SMS phishing infrastructure and strategies using public user reports (w/ Antonis Papasavva, Guillermo Suarez-Tangil, and Marie Vasek) has been accepted ACM IMC 2025 📝📱UCL InfoSec UCL Computer Science UCL IMDEA Institutes #cybercrime #smsscams #smishing

If you are going to ACM CCS in Taipei, and you have an interest in distributed systems or blockchains, you are invited to the Sui Academic event: luma.com/jicmazp3