Siamak Shahandashti
@siasha.bsky.social
Academic @york.ac.uk interested in security & privacy
www.cs.york.ac.uk/~siamak
www.cs.york.ac.uk/~siamak
Looking forward to presenting our work (led by Hina Binte Haq and with Syed Taha Ali) on designing a lightweight memory pool for #Bitcoin at IEEE #ICBC tomorrow, using cuckoo filters in lightweight nodes, reducing mempool size from 300MB to 12MB.
Paper e-print: www-users.york.ac.uk/~sfs521/pape...
Paper e-print: www-users.york.ac.uk/~sfs521/pape...
June 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Looking forward to presenting our work (led by Hina Binte Haq and with Syed Taha Ali) on designing a lightweight memory pool for #Bitcoin at IEEE #ICBC tomorrow, using cuckoo filters in lightweight nodes, reducing mempool size from 300MB to 12MB.
Paper e-print: www-users.york.ac.uk/~sfs521/pape...
Paper e-print: www-users.york.ac.uk/~sfs521/pape...
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Today, May 22nd (Anywhere on Earth) is the last day to submit to our Workshops, Lightning Talks, and Posters. We're really excited to showcase all your work this August in Seattle.
www.usenix.org/conference/s...
(If there are any deadline extensions, we will have updates soon!)
www.usenix.org/conference/s...
(If there are any deadline extensions, we will have updates soon!)
SOUPS 2025
The Twenty-First Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2025), August 10–12, 2025, Seattle, WA, USA.
www.usenix.org
May 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Today, May 22nd (Anywhere on Earth) is the last day to submit to our Workshops, Lightning Talks, and Posters. We're really excited to showcase all your work this August in Seattle.
www.usenix.org/conference/s...
(If there are any deadline extensions, we will have updates soon!)
www.usenix.org/conference/s...
(If there are any deadline extensions, we will have updates soon!)
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📢Hello fellow researchers! We are now accepting submissions for PETS 2026, Issue 1. Submit your work by May 31, 2025 (AOE) using the link below: submit.petsymposium.org
#PETS2026 #CallForPapers
#PETS2026 #CallForPapers
PoPETs 2026.1
submit.petsymposium.org
May 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📢Hello fellow researchers! We are now accepting submissions for PETS 2026, Issue 1. Submit your work by May 31, 2025 (AOE) using the link below: submit.petsymposium.org
#PETS2026 #CallForPapers
#PETS2026 #CallForPapers
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Hina Binte Haq, Syed Taha Ali, Asad Salman, Patrick McCorry, Siamak F. Shahandashti
Carbyne: An Ultra-Lightweight DoS-Resilient Mempool for Bitcoin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16089
Carbyne: An Ultra-Lightweight DoS-Resilient Mempool for Bitcoin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16089
April 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Hina Binte Haq, Syed Taha Ali, Asad Salman, Patrick McCorry, Siamak F. Shahandashti
Carbyne: An Ultra-Lightweight DoS-Resilient Mempool for Bitcoin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16089
Carbyne: An Ultra-Lightweight DoS-Resilient Mempool for Bitcoin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16089
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Hina Binte Haq, Syed Taha Ali, Asad Salman, Patrick McCorry, Siamak F. Shahandashti: Carbyne: An Ultra-Lightweight DoS-Resilient Mempool for Bitcoin https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16089 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.16089 https://arxiv.org/html/2504.16089
April 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Hina Binte Haq, Syed Taha Ali, Asad Salman, Patrick McCorry, Siamak F. Shahandashti: Carbyne: An Ultra-Lightweight DoS-Resilient Mempool for Bitcoin https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16089 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.16089 https://arxiv.org/html/2504.16089
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Ali Cherry, Konstantinos Barmpis, Siamak F. Shahandashti
The Emperor is Now Clothed: A Secure Governance Framework for Web User Authentication through Password Managers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07205
The Emperor is Now Clothed: A Secure Governance Framework for Web User Authentication through Password Managers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07205
July 11, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Ali Cherry, Konstantinos Barmpis, Siamak F. Shahandashti
The Emperor is Now Clothed: A Secure Governance Framework for Web User Authentication through Password Managers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07205
The Emperor is Now Clothed: A Secure Governance Framework for Web User Authentication through Password Managers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07205
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#Microsoft #Recall is a #privacy nightmare. It's a big step closer to Black Mirror. It circumvents encryption. You can have a secure messaging app like Signal, and you can have disappearing messages, but if Microsoft immediately takes screenshots of everything, we might as well not have encryption.
Copilot Recall: Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool
Recall had been dubbed a
www.bbc.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#Microsoft #Recall is a #privacy nightmare. It's a big step closer to Black Mirror. It circumvents encryption. You can have a secure messaging app like Signal, and you can have disappearing messages, but if Microsoft immediately takes screenshots of everything, we might as well not have encryption.
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"Why should anyone be able to buy the genetic data of millions of Americans in a bankruptcy proceeding? The answer is simple: Lawmakers allow them to." They shouldn't. And judges can stop it. #privacy #23andMe
www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/1...
How a bankruptcy judge can stop a genetic privacy disaster
Any new owner of 23AndMe’s data will want to find ways to make money from it. Lawmakers have a big opportunity to help keep it safe
www.technologyreview.com
April 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Why should anyone be able to buy the genetic data of millions of Americans in a bankruptcy proceeding? The answer is simple: Lawmakers allow them to." They shouldn't. And judges can stop it. #privacy #23andMe
www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/1...
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10 June: Jean-François Blanchette Talk and Discussion on "Burdens of Proof" in London
martinralbrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/1...
martinralbrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/1...
April 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
10 June: Jean-François Blanchette Talk and Discussion on "Burdens of Proof" in London
martinralbrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/1...
martinralbrecht.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/1...
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⏳ Only 1 month left to submit to #EvoteID25!
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April 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
⏳ Only 1 month left to submit to #EvoteID25!
Track 1: Security, Usability & Technical Issues
Track 2: Governance Issues
📩 Submit now: easychair.org/conferences/...
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Don't miss your chance to be part of it! 🗳️
#EVoting #CyberSecurity #Research
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Slopsquatting
As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names -- laced with malware, of course.
As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names -- laced with malware, of course.
Slopsquatting
As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names -- laced with malware, of course.
www.schneier.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Slopsquatting
As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names -- laced with malware, of course.
As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names -- laced with malware, of course.
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'