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ICS0018 Hands-on seminars

2025-02-27T13:29:11Z

Saakba: /* The Seminars */

=== The idea ===

The hands-on seminars are a task for '''teams of three''' (initially based on Kristjan Karmo's ScamLab materials). The goal is to learn about different scams in a safe(ish) but real environment. A little side quest is to waste scammers' time so that they can't use it on actual victims.
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, '''please team up and register below''', in your chosen time slot. '''There are limited presentation slots - first come, first served!''' (note: as people sign up, we will probably have to cram as many presentations as possible into each seminar - but the space is not infinite, we will have more or less 90 minutes for each).

Note: this time, we went from paired work to 3-person teams due to the number of people in the course (the seminar time would not have been enough for pairs).

=== The Task ===

Step 1: Create a fake identity and honeypot email account for engaging with scammers. Other platforms are also welcome, as long as you are able to protect your identity.

Step 2: Distribute the email address on shady or spammy sites, such as social media, online forums, etc. Some tips can be found here https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-get-scam-emails

Step 3: Wait for the scams to start rolling in.

Step 4: Engage! First select if you're going to use a naïve or aggressive approach.

If you don't manage to get any scammers to directly email your newly created address, go look in your regular mailbox, in the spam folder, ask friends & family, etc. NB! Before replying to any of those "crowdsourced" scam emails from your fake account, be sure to delete the address it was originally sent to.

Some tips for safety:
# Never reveal your (or anyone else's) real personal information to the scammers. Make up something realistic.
# Never open any links in emails unless you're in a protected sandbox environment.
# NEVER give out any real financial information, account information, or passwords.
# Always use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Even on your fake accounts.

Here's the grand prize: if you manage to engage with at least 3 scammers for an email chain of 5 messages or more (they respond to at least 2 of your letters in the same thread), and present your findings at one of the seminars, '''you pass the course'''. It's not as easy as it might first seem.

An alternative way to pass is to educate people in your social network, friends, family, coworkers, etc about scams, how to spot them, how to avoid them, what to do if you're already a victim. If you want to use this option, please contact Kaido (over e-mail or MS Teams) and suggest how would you do it.

=== The Seminars ===

The hands-on seminars will have the following schedule:

* Thursday, March 6 at noon (12:00)
** Stiven Lille, Innar Viinamäe, Georg Lee
** Liam Ivanko Kivirist, Pavlo Kolesov, Julian Gressmann
** Ksawery Nowina-Witkowski, Niko Chinikadze, Ionut-Cristian Sindile
** Mark-Henry Jakobsoo, Madis Randmäe, Eliina Gorobets
** ...

* Thursday, March 13 at noon (12:00)
** Valerija Kuzina, Vassili Korobov, Andrei Timoshin
** Fuad Suleymanov, Aydin Cankat, Yilmaz Tanin Bartu
** Nikita Šabunin, Artem Skurchynskyi, Maksim Balašov
** ...
** ...

* Thursday, March 20 at noon (12:00)
** Kaspar Sibul, Matīss Ceriņš, Liyanage Don Sithil Insara Liyanage
** Marat Biryukov, Maria Aleksandra Ploduhhina, Kirill Ševtsov
** David Ayson, Angelica Daisi Stewart, Tekla Berozashvili
** Rassell Muru, Ivan Kuznetsov, Andrei Šutkov
** Tanel Maasik, Gabriel Jääger, Eric Richard Kogerman

* Thursday, March 27 at noon (12:00)
** Deniss Pavlov, Diana Anastassija Turks, Pavel Shemetov
** Dulan Damien Candauda Arachchiege, Balazs Lambert
** Gregor Lass, Constantin Dierscheke, Gergely Benkő
** Oleh Rohachov, Andrii Korol, Manana Bebia
** Vusal Sayadov, Jeyhun Mustafayev, Salim Akbarov

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Group 1 seminar schedule

2024-03-28T19:26:11Z

Saakba: Privacy reason

[https://echo360.org.uk/section/887223b1-1073-410d-a37b-ac8e9934e48f/public Recordings at Echo360]

# Nov 2:
#* Michael Fisher - Geopolitics and Digital Sovereignty
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# Nov 9:
#* Mark-Henry Jakobsoo - Two-Faced Capability Of OSINT (ethical and unethical use cases)
#* Balázs Lambert - Ethical Implications of 5G
#* Dulan Damien - The history and ethical aspects of search engines
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# Nov 16:
#* [Redacted for Privacy]
#* Valerija Kuzina - Ethical Use Cases of Blockchain
#* Pavlo Kolesov - Cultural Impact of Surveillance Systems in Art
#* Liam Ivanko Kivirist - Exploring the Manipulation and Dangers of Open Standards and Open Source
#* Matīss Ceriņš - Exploring How AI Deepfake Audio is Used to Scam People
# Nov 23:
#* your_name_here
#* Valerija Kuzina - (2nd) Unethical Use Cases of Blockchain
#* Marat Biryukov - Ethical Dilemmas in Digital Piracy
#* Liyanage Don Sithil Insara Liyanage - Ethical Implications of Device ID Tracking in Digital Advertising
#* Deniss Pavlov - Artificial Intelligence in the world of fraudsters
# Nov 30:
#* [PRC got me]
#* Adrian Wiendl - Implications of Generative AI on the Internet
#* Najaf Alkhazov - Open Source Software and Ethical Development
#* Jeyhun Mustafayev-Web Application Security
#* *2nd* Liam Ivanko Kivirist - The Internet as a Medium for Discourse
# Dec 7:
#* Ivan Kuznetsov - The Ethical Aspect of Artificial Intelligence: Job Displacement
#* Eric Richard Kogerman - FOSS in education
#* Georg Lee - AI in Healthcare: Benefits & Challenges
#* Rassell Muru - Privacy in Social Media
#* Karol Keelmann - Digital Citizenship: Ethical Responsibilities in the Online World
# Dec 14:
#* Maria Aleksandra Ploduhhina - What Is Doxing and How Do You Deal With It?
#* Oleg Arusoo - Deepfakes and Manipulated Media
#* Artem Skurchynskyi - Blockchain technology and its application in various professional spheres
#* Nikita Shabunin - How AI is used in film industry
#* your_name_here
# Dec 19 8:15-9:45 ONLINE ([https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmUzNTc1YWYtOGY4Ny00YTgyLWFiYjAtMjk1MmFhNWUwZmNj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223efd4d88-9b88-4fc9-b6c0-c7ca50f1db57%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%226a0e717c-e2d8-4577-8d0d-7215e50fede2%22%7d Join the meeting]):
#* Maksim Balashov - Hardware-based Anti-Cheating Mechanisms in Online Gaming
#* Mattias Nõmm - The weaponization of Artificial Intelligence
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* Reserved for exams
# Dec 21:
#* Julian Gressmann - Machine Learning Fairness - Risk Assessment Tool COMPAS
#* Sergei Pliznik - Permanent Record (Edward Snowden)
#* Vassili Korobov - Artificial intelligence in education
#* your_name_here
#* Bartosz Jon -

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Group 1 seminar schedule

2023-10-15T14:54:00Z

Saakba:

# Nov 2:
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# Nov 9:
#* Mark-Henry Jakobsoo - Two-Faced Capability Of OSINT (ethical and unethical use cases)
#* Balázs Lambert - Ethical Implications of 5G
#* Dulan Damien - The history and ethical aspects of search engines
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# Nov 16:
#* Ionut-Cristian Sindile - Exploiting GSM Network Flaws
#* Valerija Kuzina
#* Pavlo Kolesov
#* Liam Ivanko Kivirist - Exploring the Manipulation and Dangers of Open Standards and Open Source
#* Matīss Ceriņš - Exploring How AI Deepfake Audio is Used to Scam People
# Nov 23:
#* Manana Bebia - Social Media impacts and risks in everyday life
#* your_name_here
#* Marat Biryukov - Ethical Dilemmas in Digital Piracy
#* Liyanage Don Sithil Insara Liyanage - Ethical Implications of Device ID Tracking in Digital Advertising
#* Deniss Pavlov - Artificial Intelligence in the world of fraudsters
# Nov 30:
#* Salim Akbarov - Mass surveillance in China
#* Adrian Wiendl - Ownership and responsibility of AI generated media
#* Najaf Alkhazov - Open Source Software and Ethical Development
#* Jeyhun Mustafayev-Web Application Security
#* Fjodor Bondar - Phishing Websites
# Dec 7:
#* Ivan Kuznetsov - The Ethical Aspect of Artificial Intelligence: Job Displacement
#* Eric Richard Kogerman - FOSS in education
#* Georg Lee - AI in Healthcare: Benefits & Challenges
#* Rassell Muru - Privacy in Social Networks
#* Karol Keelmann - Digital Citizenship: Ethical Responsibilities in the Online World
# Dec 14:
#* Maria Aleksandra Ploduhhina - Doxing
#* Oleg Arusoo - Deepfakes and Manipulated Media
#* Artem Skurchynskyi - Blockchain technology and its application in various professional spheres
#* Nikita Shabunin
#* Maksim Balashov
# Dec 21:
#* Julian Gressmann - Data-Privacy: Awareness and its Influence on Digital Behavior and Trust
#* Sergei Pliznik
#* Vassili Korobov
#* Mattias Nõmm - The weaponization of Artificial Intelligence
#* your_name_here

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Group 1 seminar schedule

2023-10-12T12:54:54Z

Saakba:

# Nov 2:
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# Nov 9:
#* Mark-Henry Jakobsoo - Two-Faced Capability Of OSINT (ethical and unethical use cases)
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# Nov 16:
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* Liam Ivanko Kivirist
#* Matīss Ceriņš -
# Nov 23:
#* Manana Bebia - Social Media impacts and risks in everyday life
#* Karol Keelmann
#* Marat Biryukov - Ethical dilemmas in digital piracy
#* Liyanage Don Sithil Insara Liyanage - Ethical Implications of Device ID Tracking in Digital Advertising
#* your_name_here
# Nov 30:
#* Salim Akbarov
#* Adrian Wiendl - Ownership and responsibility of AI generated media
#* Najaf Alkhazov - Open Source Software and Ethical Development
#* Jeyhun Mustafayev
#* Fjodor Bondar - Phishing Websites
# Dec 7:
#* Ivan Kuznetsov - The Ethical Aspect of Artificial Intelligence: Job Displacement
#* your_name_here
#* Georg Lee - AI in Healthcare: Benefits & Challenges
#* Rassell Muru
#* your_name_here
# Dec 14:
#* Maria Aleksandra Ploduhhina - (Cyberstalking or Doxing, please pick 1)
#* Oleg Arusoo - Deepfakes and Manipulated Media
#* Artem Skurchynskyi - Blockchain technology and its application in various professional spheres
#* Nikita Shabunin
#* Maksim Balashov
# Dec 21:
#* Julian Gressmann
#* Sergei Pliznik
#* Vassili Korobov
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here

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