Dean's Message

Creating awareness on cyber threat is more than necessary in a world where everyone is in the cyber world. The Saudi Aramco cybersecurity chair is a collaboration initiative between Saudi Aramco and the department of cybersecurity of Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University. The Saudi Aramco chair has made it a point of duty to educate the world on staying safe on the internet using the Digital Newsletter as the medium. This being the first edition, we hope our readers enjoy and learn from the newsletter. We as well welcome feedback and comments in ensuring the aim of the inspiring collaboration is achieved.

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Dr. Abdullah Almuhaideb

 

Latest Events on Saudi Aramco Cybersecurity Chair

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Artificial Intelligence for intrusion Detection Seminar 

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Presented by: Dr. Athansios Vasilakos

Distinguished Professor, Lulea University of Technology (LTU), Sweden. Consultant to European Commission & Director of European

Alliance for Innovation, Belgium.

Blockchain for Cybersecurity Enabled IoT Applications Seminar 

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Presented by: Prof. Neeraj Kumar.

Distinguished professor, Thapar Institute Engineering

and Technology, India. 

Web of science highly cited researcher 2019,2020.

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Research Methods for Studying Computer User Behaviors Seminar 

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Presented by: Dr. Merrill Warkentin 

Distinguished Professor, Mississippi State  University, USA

Named an ACM Distinguished Scientist in 2018.

Integrating Machine Learning and Cyber Security:

Developments and Challenges 

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Presented by: Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham
Fellow of ACM, IEEE, AAAS and NAI
Founders Chair Professor Department of Computer Science
Senior Strategist, Cyber Security and Data Science (10/2021 - Present).

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IAUCTF Competition

On October 7, 2021. A competition for Saudi university students in cybersecurity was held, and it lasted for 24 hours. The competition consisted of 7 sections, namely networks, reverse engineering, binary exploitation, mobile applications, web, digital investigation, and cryptography. Each section contains challenges that require the student to find a flag and thus get points for the challenge. Overall, 807 male/female students registered from 41 different universities forming 170 teams.

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SAUCEPWN

 

Muhammad Qintar

Muhammad Al-Bawab

Faisal Al-Hadlaq

Muhammad Zahir

 

 

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POTATO

 

Rawi Al-Jifani

Bassam Asiri

Abdulaziz Al-Shaya

Mishaal Al-Mansour

Khaled Al-Osaimi

 

 

 

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VENOMS

 

Muhammad Al-Harbi

Ali Al-Sahli

Marwan Al-Athlawy

Inad Al-Otaibi

Majed Asiri

 

Cybercrime and COVID-19

In the past period and during the pandemic that had an impact on the whole world Bushra Alhetelah, Dakheel Almogbil, Hessah Almulhim, and Rawan Tammas collected information to enrich the cybersecurity content. They published an article saying that the spread of COVID-19 earlier in 2020 had a massive effect on the entire world. Cyber-crimes have been increasing significantly during the pandemic, which results in a significant impact on education, healthcare, finance, and the whole ecosystem.

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What to Expect as Cybersecurity Student?

A student's experience begins well before they step onto campus, and its effect continues long after graduation. Each student has a different and unique experience that they will likely remember for a lifetime. Cybersecurity alumni were interviewed by Ali AlKhamis - cybersecurity student - to answer several questions and each had a meaningful and different answer. Malak AlFosail - cybersecurity lecturer -, Lamya AlSaleem - cybersecurity researcher -, Kawthar AlSharah - cybersecurity student-, and Wesal AlObaidi - cybersecurity fresh graduate -.

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Latest Cybersecurity News from Around the World

RansomEXX ransomware Linux encryptor may damage victims' files

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Lufkin ISD hit by ransomware attack

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New Emergency Fraud Hotline Launched in UK

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Saudi Arabia: Over 7 million cyber-attacks foiled in 3 months

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