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Researchers argue backdoors violate encryption principles
Based on an ongoing project, University of Waikato researchers contend that building backdoors into encryption should not be pursued in law or policy.
Waikato students take out the grand prize for the NZ Cyber Security Challenge
Hundreds of aspiring cyber-crime fighters tackled a range of increasingly tough tasks, hacking drones and saving the planet during the 2018 NZ Cyber Security Challenge
Facing the challenge of women in cyber security
The NZ Cyber Challenge is taking up the issue of the under representation of women in the industry.
Why Trump’s liberal demolition job and authoritarian outreach is about China
Dr Reuben Steff looks at Trump's challenge to the liberal order.
Hacking your holiday
Dr Joe Burton looks at how cyber criminals are increasingly targeting the tourism market.
Keeping a vigilant eye on fraudsters
Fraud detection software firm Vigilance has partnered with University of Waikato data scientists to create a fraud detection solution, using the University’s newly developed tool for spotting data anomalies more accurately.
US ambassador drops in
US Ambassador Scott Brown was keen to hear about research being done in cyber security and crime science.
Deterring cyber attacks: old problems, new solutions
Dr Joe Burton looks at how we change responses to cyber attacks.
New Zealand's Pacific reset: strategic anxieties about rising China
China’s expanding influence is complicating strategic calculations throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
How do you deter cyber-attacks in an increasingly complex world?
Dr Joe Burton has been in Estonia at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, addressing that question.
From Waikato to leading the world in Artificial General Intelligence
Dr Shane Legg started out with a Dick Smith’s computer for his 10th birthday, now he is at the forefront of a new computing revolution.
RePAIR-ing the growth in prison violence
Violence in prisons is growing, along with prisoner numbers. Between 2010 and 2017, violent incidents and aggressive behaviour nearly doubled. A researcher at the University of Waikato is finding ways to curb that growth and possibly de-escalate it.