DTRAP Journal

In this post I talked about the motivations for DDOS. Political acts, extortion, revenge… all typical motivations. That doesn’t really account for the Mirai DDOS. The...

Once upon a time (I always wanted to start a blog post like that) the air gap considered a primary defense. If your computer wasn’t connected...

In thispost I talked about sampling bias.  I’m going to expand more on that subject, because I think it’s interesting and useful. Cavemen is a popular...

Every bit of research begins with an idea. I wonder if… Is it possible that… Could we maybe… These are sentences I’ve started when doing my...

The amount of data in Cybersecurity research is sometimes overwhelming.  To get around this amount of data, we sample. That means we choose a subset of...

Moving research in the area of cybersecurity into practice often is difficult for many reasons. I decided to look at another field which has similar issues,...

Twenty years ago, the Melissa Virus was big news. It was the first mass mailing virus that spread itself from systems that used Word and Outlook...

I’m often asked why DTRAP is using a double blind system for reviews. The answer: We want to limit the amount of bias in the system....

If a human virus researcher decided to test a new virus they’ve created by just releasing it to the world and seeing what happens, then that’s...

This study discusses whether or not it’s more useful to wear a parachute when jumping out of an airplane. It comes to the surprising conclusion that...