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ICS0018 CotW seminars

2026-02-09T10:56:06Z

Alesok:

=== The idea ===

The Crook of the Week seminars are meant for student presentations/talks about famous social engineers of the past. Each seminar will host up to
'''four 15-minute presentations''' by different students, plus discussion. The main points of the presentation are
* to introduce the person (biography)
* to explain the motivation behind his/her actions
* to study the ''modus operandi'' (ways) of social engineering by this person
* to outline the main human weaknesses the person exploited (cognitive biases, automatic thinking etc)
* to summarize the main lesson the person teaches us

A successful presentation will result in passing the course if the attendance criteria (5 out of 8 lectures and seminars) is met. To register a presentation, either log in and write it to the schedule below by yourself, or send an e-mail to Kaido, stating the chosen time and person to cover. '''There are only 16 presentations in total - first come, first served!''' Others would have to resort to other tasks to pass the course!

=== The Crooks ===

Note: the list is not exhaustive - feel free to suggest others!

* Carlo Ponzi
* Victor Lustig
* Frank Abagnale Jr
* Mark Abene (Phiber Optik)
* Kevin Mitnick
* Susan Headley (Suzy Thunder)
* Kevin Poulsen (Dark Dante)
* Bernie Madoff
* Elizabeth Holmes
* Sam Bankman-Fried
* Mythical and literary characters: Jacob (Old Testament), Odysseus, Iago, Grima Wormtongue...
* BYOC (''Bring Your Own Crook''): introduce a well-known crook from your home country (as we are a very international bunch)!

=== The Seminars ===

Seminar 1: Tuesday, March 3
* Liisa-Maria Laide - Odysseus
* Mykhailo Bulakhov - Ferdinand Waldo Demara
* Marten Pitsner - Elizabeth Holmes
* Josefine Rosalie Balch Petersen - BYOC (tbd)

Seminar 2: Tuesday, March 10
* Denys Boiko - Matthew Cox
* Zhiyun Wang - Zhuge Liang
* Dmitri Plotnikov - Sam Bankman-Fried
* Patrik Tamm - Gregor MacGregor

Seminar 3: Tuesday, March 17
* Karl Viiburg - Bernie Madoff
* Gren Paut - Kevin Mitnick
* Klaus Jesper Zaletajev - Carlo Ponzi
* Šimon Semerád - BYOC - Lukáš Kohout

Seminar 4: Tuesday, March 24
* Armin Schütz - Victor Lustig
* Günther Miklas - Kevin Poulsen
* Oleksii Kolomoiets - Frank Abagnale Jr
* Aleksandr Sokolov - Jordan Belfort

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Exam schedule

2026-01-05T05:45:48Z

Alesok:

The schedule will be added here later during the course.

NB! Make sure you're registered for the exam in ÕIS!

# DEC 30 8:00-8:55
#* Stepan Denysenko
#* Ellen Marie Lasson
#* Remi Tammik
#* Emil Huseynzade
#* Austin Derck
# DEC 30 9:00-9:55
#* Daniel Kotov
#* Nikolai Kharkhan
#* Kirill Kotomtsev
#* Radions Laškovs
#* Remu Salminen
# DEC 30 10:00-10:55
#* Šarlote Stariņa
#* Renee Zugov
#* Midhat Shawl
#* Dumitru Ciobanu
#* Carolin Scholz
# DEC 30 11:00-11:55
#* Nikita Vinogradov
#* Rasmus Simson
#* Carl-Andero Tagamaa
#* Ka Ming Chan
#* Henrik Timmermann
# DEC 30 13:00-13:55
#* Mykhailo Bulakhov
#* your_name_here
#* Siim Marist
#* Marten Tihanov
#* Liviu Mereacre
# DEC 30 14:00-14:55
#* Andres Alexander Jürgenson
#* Märten Erik Loor
#* Oskar Märtin
#* Kaur Kantsik
#* Liisi Rüüsak
# DEC 30 15:00-15:55
#* your_name_here
#* Ivan Antipov
#* Jakob Luts
#* Valeri Kozlov
#* your_name_here
# DEC 30 16:00-16:55
#* Kuzey Arda Bulut
#* Manivald Umbjärv
#* Kaspars Kusiņš
#* Hulya Ayca Onerge
#* Tõnis Kändmaa

# JAN 5 8:00-8:55
#* Sander Eerik Vask
#* Yaroslav Yekasov
#* Luca Gluhhov
#* Enes Kaan Seven
#* Jose Joaquin Urquizo Sotomayor
# JAN 5 9:00-9:55
#* Davyd Viniarskyi
#* Konstantin Tužikov
#* Aleksandr Sokolov
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 10:00-10:55
#* Lorenz Ritsch
#* Erik-Kristian Einonpoika Kohtala
#* Sharif Khalilzade
#* Andreas Müller
#* Ruslana Jankovska
# JAN 5 11:00-11:55
#* Marta Meesak
#* Dmitri Plotnikov
#* Maksym Korchan
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 13:00-13:55
#* your_name_here
#* Arseniy Savustyan
#* Virgo Teos
#* Justin Dakota Kincheloe
#* Aleksander Ader
# JAN 5 14:00-14:55
#* Daniel Sorokin
#* Markkus-Oliver Ollo
#* Hannes Erlich
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 15:00-15:55
#* Nikolozi Khachiashvili
#* Menan Sali
#* Niki Sakvarelidze
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 16:00-16:55
#* Mahir Mammadli
#* Aykhan Ahmad
#* Artoghrul Hasanli
#* Kermo Kolsar
#* your_name_here

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Group 1 seminar schedule

2025-10-20T07:33:18Z

Alesok:

# seminar, Oct 29 8:15-9:45
#* Alexandar Nikolov - Government Surveillance vs. Civil Liberties
#* Marten Pitsner - Ethical Issues of Internet Cookies
#* Austin Derck - Trusted Computing
#* Dmitri Plotnikov - SolarWinds Cyberattack
#* Andres Alexander Jürgenson - The Human Vulnerability in Cybersecurity
# seminar, Nov 5 8:15-9:45
#* Nikolai Harhan
#* Carolin Scholz - Algorithms at the Gate: Ethical Dilemmas in AI-Driven Recruitment
#* Yaroslav Yekasov - Deep analysis of the social and practical aspects of collecting user data
#* Daniel Kotov - Ethical and Educational Challenges of AI in Student Learning
#* Luca Gluhhov
# seminar, Nov 6 10:00-10:30
#* Andreas Müller
#* Lenna-Lee Raspel - Torrenting
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
# seminar, Nov 12 8:15-9:45
#* Hannes Erlich
#* Rasmus Simson - Autonomous Weapons and AI Accountability
#* Liisi Rüüsak – AI Chatbots and the Rewiring of Human Intimacy
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* Markkus-Oliver Ollo - 2007 Estonian Cyberattacks: The Dawn of Cyberwarfare
# seminar, Nov 19 8:15-9:45
#* Jakob Luts - Cogito, ergo sum: AI and the question of consciousness
#* Oskar Märtin
#* Aleksandr Sokolov - The Thin Line Between Ethical and Unethical Hacking
#* Märten Erik Loor
#* Kaur Kantsik - Russian cyberwarfare in Ukraine
# seminar, Nov 20 10:00-10:30
#* Kaur Kaljola
#* Marten Pitsner
#* Lenna-Lee Raspel (2)
#* Kuzey Arda Bulut - The Rise of the Commercial Surveillance Industry
#* Kaisa Arge - i-voting (to be specified)
# seminar, Nov 26 8:15-9:45
#* Javid Malikzade
#* [2nd] Dmitri Plotnikov - AI ecological footprint
#* Arseniy Savustyan
#* Annabel Marist - Tea app scandal
#* Sharif Khalilzade
# seminar, Dec 3 8:15-9:45
#* Alexandar Nikolov - Workplace Surveillance
#* YOUR NAME HERE
#* YOUR NAME HERE
#* Ellen Marie Lasson
#* Kirill Kotomtsev - Open Source (to be specified later)
# seminar, Dec 4 10:00-10:30
#* Emil Huseynzade - Off-Grid Communication
#* Amina Nurillaeva
#* [2nd] Kaur Kaljola
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* Janar Täht
# seminar, Dec 10 8:15-9:45
#* Ivan Antipov - Scrum: Reasons, Strengths and Weaknesses
#* Kermo Kolsar
#* Marta Meesak - Searching for People Online: Ethical and Privacy Issues
#* Danila Ivanov - Passwords vs. Biometric Authentication
#* [2nd]Mehin Hajizada
# seminar, Dec 17 8:15-9:45
#* Nikolozi Khachiashvili
#* Niki Sakvarelidze
#* Britten Remmelkoor
#* Liviu Mereacre - Information Warfare on Social Platforms
#* Maksim Balašov
# seminar, Dec 18 10:00-10:30
#* [2nd]Kaan Metin
#* Rannel Lillinurm -
#* Virgo Teos
#* [2nd] Danila Ivanov
#* Kaisa Arge (2nd)

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Group 1 seminar schedule

2025-09-01T10:01:03Z

Alesok:

# seminar, Oct 29
#* Remi Tammik
#* Marten Pitsner
#* Sharlotte Lim
#* Dmitri Plotnikov
#* Maksim Didenko
# seminar, Nov 5
#* Nikolai Harhan
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
# seminar, Nov 12
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* Liisi Rüüsak
#* Sharif Khalilzade
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
# seminar, Nov 19
#* Jakob Luts
#* Oskar Märtin
#* Aleksandr Sokolov
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
# seminar, Nov 26
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* Dmitri Plotnikov
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
# seminar, Dec 3
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* Emil Huseynzade
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* Kirill Kotomtsev
# seminar, Dec 10
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
# seminar, Dec 17
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE

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