Dr Jason R.C. Nurse
@jasonnurse.bsky.social
I research Cyber/HCI/Web @UniKentCyberSec & lead S&R @CybSafe; @EPSRC Rising Star; Affil. @RUSI_org @Ox_CyberSec @SPRITEPlus @WolfsonCollege; Ex. @WarwickPsych.
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Last month’s #JaguarLandRovercyberattack may cost £3.5B in revenue, but the bigger issue is the impact on 230,000 workers at JLR and in the supply chain facing layoffs, work reductions, and lost wages. @jasonnurse.bsky.social, Tom Johansmeyer & Gareth Mott: bindinghook.com/jaguar-land-...
Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack shows that governments must provide post-incident support
Cyber incidents impacting key national industries highlight the need for better approaches to protect the individuals who suffer most
bindinghook.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Last month’s #JaguarLandRovercyberattack may cost £3.5B in revenue, but the bigger issue is the impact on 230,000 workers at JLR and in the supply chain facing layoffs, work reductions, and lost wages. @jasonnurse.bsky.social, Tom Johansmeyer & Gareth Mott: bindinghook.com/jaguar-land-...
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Samsung has rolled out a software update to its smart fridges that will display ads, despite saying they had "no plans" to do so. We're headed for a future where you will have to pay extra for appliances without ads.
Samsung brings ads to US fridges
Samsung’s ‘screens everywhere’ initiative is morphing into ads everywhere.
www.theverge.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Samsung has rolled out a software update to its smart fridges that will display ads, despite saying they had "no plans" to do so. We're headed for a future where you will have to pay extra for appliances without ads.
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Under the new policy, ChatGPT will be trained to no longer engage in "flirtatious talk" with underage users, and additional guardrails will be placed around discussions of suicide.
OpenAI will apply new restrictions to ChatGPT users under 18 | TechCrunch
Under the new policy, ChatGPT will be trained to no longer engage in "flirtatious talk" with underage users, and additional guardrails will be placed around discussions of suicide.
techcrunch.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Under the new policy, ChatGPT will be trained to no longer engage in "flirtatious talk" with underage users, and additional guardrails will be placed around discussions of suicide.
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Amazon to launch augmented reality football coverage on.ft.com/3I9wuXP
Amazon to launch augmented reality football coverage
‘Prime Vision’ service featuring gaming-style graphics comes as sports broadcasters seek to boost youth engagement
on.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Amazon to launch augmented reality football coverage on.ft.com/3I9wuXP
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Reposted from our colleagues who are currently visiting #EuroUSEC25 in Manchester 🇬🇧
Day 2 of #EuroUSEC25 is about to start, and amazing Dr. Nurse (@jasonnurse.bsky.social) is getting everyone on track for an inspiring day with a lot of good papers.
#SECUSO
Day 2 of #EuroUSEC25 is about to start, and amazing Dr. Nurse (@jasonnurse.bsky.social) is getting everyone on track for an inspiring day with a lot of good papers.
#SECUSO
September 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Reposted from our colleagues who are currently visiting #EuroUSEC25 in Manchester 🇬🇧
Day 2 of #EuroUSEC25 is about to start, and amazing Dr. Nurse (@jasonnurse.bsky.social) is getting everyone on track for an inspiring day with a lot of good papers.
#SECUSO
Day 2 of #EuroUSEC25 is about to start, and amazing Dr. Nurse (@jasonnurse.bsky.social) is getting everyone on track for an inspiring day with a lot of good papers.
#SECUSO
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Hear from our inspiring panel speaker @jasonnurse.bsky.social, University of Kent and @cybsafe.bsky.social, joining us at the Northern WARP 5th Annual Conference on the 12th September!
Tickets are FREE to anyone in the WARP community 👉 northernwarpconference5.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=BlueSky
Tickets are FREE to anyone in the WARP community 👉 northernwarpconference5.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=BlueSky
August 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Hear from our inspiring panel speaker @jasonnurse.bsky.social, University of Kent and @cybsafe.bsky.social, joining us at the Northern WARP 5th Annual Conference on the 12th September!
Tickets are FREE to anyone in the WARP community 👉 northernwarpconference5.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=BlueSky
Tickets are FREE to anyone in the WARP community 👉 northernwarpconference5.eventbrite.co.uk?aff=BlueSky
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ICYMI from Def Con: Eaton Zveare found bugs in a carmaker's centralized dealer web portal that allowed "unfettered access" to customer data and systems inside. Portal allowed remote control of some car functions, like door unlocking. The bugs highlight the risks of these web-connected data portals.
Security flaws in a carmaker's web portal let one hacker remotely unlock cars from anywhere | TechCrunch
Security researcher Eaton Zveare told TechCrunch that the flaws he discovered in the carmaker's centralized dealer portal exposed vast access to customer and vehicle data. With this access, Zveare sai...
techcrunch.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
ICYMI from Def Con: Eaton Zveare found bugs in a carmaker's centralized dealer web portal that allowed "unfettered access" to customer data and systems inside. Portal allowed remote control of some car functions, like door unlocking. The bugs highlight the risks of these web-connected data portals.
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Warm, Encouraging Email From CEO Quickly Identified As Phishing Attempt theonion.com/warm-en...
August 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Warm, Encouraging Email From CEO Quickly Identified As Phishing Attempt theonion.com/warm-en...
OpenAI has removed the option to make ChatGPT interactions indexable by search engines to prevent users from unwittingly exposing sensitive information.
The feature rollback follows reports of ChatGPT conversations being discoverable in Google results.
www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/o...
The feature rollback follows reports of ChatGPT conversations being discoverable in Google results.
www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/o...
OpenAI removes ChatGPT self-doxing option
: Checkbox to make chatbot conversations appear in search engines deemed a footgun
www.theregister.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
OpenAI has removed the option to make ChatGPT interactions indexable by search engines to prevent users from unwittingly exposing sensitive information.
The feature rollback follows reports of ChatGPT conversations being discoverable in Google results.
www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/o...
The feature rollback follows reports of ChatGPT conversations being discoverable in Google results.
www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/o...
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What would happen if technology companies treated online abuse more like spam? A key advantage: users would have the choice to address potentially abusive content or to ignore it altogether. Here’s why that matters: innovation.consumerreports.org/Digital-Hara...
July 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
What would happen if technology companies treated online abuse more like spam? A key advantage: users would have the choice to address potentially abusive content or to ignore it altogether. Here’s why that matters: innovation.consumerreports.org/Digital-Hara...
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A flyby of Earth from the International Space Station.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
August 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A flyby of Earth from the International Space Station.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
LLMs' AI-Generated Code Remains Wildly Insecure
Security debt ahoy: Only about half of the code that the latest large language models (LLMs) create is cybersecure, and more and more of it is being created all the time.
www.darkreading.com/application-...
Security debt ahoy: Only about half of the code that the latest large language models (LLMs) create is cybersecure, and more and more of it is being created all the time.
www.darkreading.com/application-...
LLMs' AI-Generated Code Remains Wildly Insecure
Security debt ahoy: Only about half of the code that the latest large language models (LLMs) create is cybersecure, and more and more of it is being created all the time.
www.darkreading.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
LLMs' AI-Generated Code Remains Wildly Insecure
Security debt ahoy: Only about half of the code that the latest large language models (LLMs) create is cybersecure, and more and more of it is being created all the time.
www.darkreading.com/application-...
Security debt ahoy: Only about half of the code that the latest large language models (LLMs) create is cybersecure, and more and more of it is being created all the time.
www.darkreading.com/application-...
Top spy says LinkedIn profiles that list security work 'recklessly invite attention of foreign intelligence services'
www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/a...
Top spy laments LinkedIn profiles that reveal defence work
: Workers on joint US/UK/Australia nuclear submarine program are painting a target on themselves
www.theregister.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Top spy says LinkedIn profiles that list security work 'recklessly invite attention of foreign intelligence services'
www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/a...
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August 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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New, by me: Lovense, a maker of internet-connected sex toys, has confirmed it fixed a pair of security flaws that exposed users' private email addresses and put accounts at risk of takeovers. Now the company's CEO says he might sue.
Sex toy maker Lovense threatens legal action after fixing security flaws that exposed users' data | TechCrunch
The internet-connected sex toy maker said it fixed the vulnerabilities that exposed users' private email addresses and accounts to takeovers, but said it was also planning to take legal action followi...
techcrunch.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New, by me: Lovense, a maker of internet-connected sex toys, has confirmed it fixed a pair of security flaws that exposed users' private email addresses and put accounts at risk of takeovers. Now the company's CEO says he might sue.
Google Project Zero to publicly announce bugs within a week of reporting them
The elite bug-hunters at Google Project Zero are taking aim at how long it takes to fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities
therecord.media/google-proje...
The elite bug-hunters at Google Project Zero are taking aim at how long it takes to fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities
therecord.media/google-proje...
Google Project Zero to publicly announce bugs within a week of reporting them
The vulnerability hunters at Google Project Zero want to address what they call the "upstream patch gap," when a vendor has a fix available but the downstream product providers haven't integrated it y...
therecord.media
July 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Google Project Zero to publicly announce bugs within a week of reporting them
The elite bug-hunters at Google Project Zero are taking aim at how long it takes to fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities
therecord.media/google-proje...
The elite bug-hunters at Google Project Zero are taking aim at how long it takes to fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities
therecord.media/google-proje...
I’m in Raconteur talking about the ‘new’ Online Safety Act, and range of risks surrounding online age checks and these digital ID systems.
www.raconteur.net/technology/t...
www.raconteur.net/technology/t...
The Online Safety Act is a security and compliance minefield - Raconteur
Ofcom has been given broad scope to enforce the Online Safety Act. But experts warn that its methods could create disproportionate risks
www.raconteur.net
July 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I’m in Raconteur talking about the ‘new’ Online Safety Act, and range of risks surrounding online age checks and these digital ID systems.
www.raconteur.net/technology/t...
www.raconteur.net/technology/t...
Tip: Don’t use AI as a therapist.
Altman: "Right now, if you talk to a therapist or a lawyer or a doctor about [your life, relationship] problems, there’s legal privilege for it... We haven’t figured that [or privacy] out yet for when you talk to ChatGPT."
mashable.com/article/sam-...
Altman: "Right now, if you talk to a therapist or a lawyer or a doctor about [your life, relationship] problems, there’s legal privilege for it... We haven’t figured that [or privacy] out yet for when you talk to ChatGPT."
mashable.com/article/sam-...
Sam Altman gives really good reason why ChatGPT shouldn’t be your therapist
Your sensitive conversations could show up in court, among other privacy concerns.
mashable.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Tip: Don’t use AI as a therapist.
Altman: "Right now, if you talk to a therapist or a lawyer or a doctor about [your life, relationship] problems, there’s legal privilege for it... We haven’t figured that [or privacy] out yet for when you talk to ChatGPT."
mashable.com/article/sam-...
Altman: "Right now, if you talk to a therapist or a lawyer or a doctor about [your life, relationship] problems, there’s legal privilege for it... We haven’t figured that [or privacy] out yet for when you talk to ChatGPT."
mashable.com/article/sam-...
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U.K. starts enforcing online age check rules
U.K. starts enforcing online age check rules | TechCrunch
A U.K. law requiring that pornography websites verify the age of their users took effect Friday.
techcrunch.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
U.K. starts enforcing online age check rules
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Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results
For searches that resulted in an AI-generated summary, users very rarely clicked on the sources cited.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
For searches that resulted in an AI-generated summary, users very rarely clicked on the sources cited.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results
In a March 2025 analysis, Google users who encountered an AI summary were less likely to click on links to other websites than users who did not see one.
www.pewresearch.org
July 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results
For searches that resulted in an AI-generated summary, users very rarely clicked on the sources cited.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
For searches that resulted in an AI-generated summary, users very rarely clicked on the sources cited.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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New from 404 Media: LeBron James' lawyers send cease-and-desist to AI company making pregnant videos of him. Marks one of the first known times that a celebrity has threatened legal action against an AI company for enabling nonconsensual AI imagery of their likeness www.404media.co/lebron-james...
LeBron James' Lawyers Send Cease-and-Desist to AI Company Making Pregnant Videos of Him
Viral Instagram accounts making LeBron 'brainrot' videos have also been banned.
www.404media.co
July 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New from 404 Media: LeBron James' lawyers send cease-and-desist to AI company making pregnant videos of him. Marks one of the first known times that a celebrity has threatened legal action against an AI company for enabling nonconsensual AI imagery of their likeness www.404media.co/lebron-james...
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Registration is officially open & early-bird tickets available until 15 September 2025!
Visit our website for more information: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/2025-...
Visit our website for more information: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/2025-...
July 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Registration is officially open & early-bird tickets available until 15 September 2025!
Visit our website for more information: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/2025-...
Visit our website for more information: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/2025-...