Press

(Last updated 30 January 2018)

• “Fear of security breach at Faslane from soldiers using fitness app”, Sunday Herald, Tuesday, 30 January 2018.
  (Quoted as a cyber security expert.)
• Radio interview on Internet security, 21 July 2015. See summary coverage and radio program agenda.
• Article about MoST 2014 publication with Gunes Kayacik, Lynne Baillie, David Aspinall and Nicholas Micallef.
  • “Now your phone KNOWS if it’s been stolen: App learns its owner’s movements and habits to recognise when a thief is using it”, Daily Mail, 5 Nov 2014.
  • “Phone thwarts thieves by learning its owner’s habits”, New Scientist, 4 Nov 2014.
  • “Sensors help keep smartphone data secure”, BBC News, 26 June 2014.
• “Bank’s partial passwords are easy to guess”, New Scientist, 27 Feb 2013.
  (Article about Financial Cryptography 2013 publication with David Aspinall.)
• Articles about Marie Curie funded project, starting Sept 2012, with Gunes Kayacik (Marie Curie Fellow), Lynne Baillie and David Aspinall.
  • “Number could be up for mobile bandits”, Evening Times, Monday, 6 Feb 2012.
  • “University has smart idea for mobile phone security”, Metro, Thursday, 2 Feb 2012.
• “Is the internet age damaging our lives?”, Sunday Herald, Sunday, 29 January 2012.
  (Quoted as a security expert.)
• Articles about Financial Cryptography 2010 publication with Joseph Bonneau and Greg Matthews.
  • “Weak online security checks ‘putting people at risk'”, The Telegraph, 9 March 2010.
  • “Weak security ID questions put email at risk”, BBC News, 8 March 2010.
  • “Email accounts at risk from not-so-secret questions”, New Scientist, 3 February 2010.
• “Which lie did I tell?”, Net.Wars blog, 9 December 2009. (Quoted as security expert.)
• “Study: password resetting ‘security questions’ easily guessed”, ZDNet, 19 May 2009.
  (Article about SOUPS 2009 publication with David Aspinall.)