Not long ago, in a city marketing itself as a „U.N. and congress city“, I arrived late and wanted to take a taxi for a 2km ride. Here in Gjøvik I have to go back some time to remember when I last paid without a credit card. It has become the natural way to pay […]
Dear H. LANGWEG, I am the editor-in-chief of Who’s Who in the World, and I have received your name through a private nomination process. I’m writing to ask if you would provide us with information about your personal and professional accomplishments for possible inclusion in the book. Inclusion in Who’s Who in the World indicates […]
We hosted some visitors from Germany this week. When they prepared for their trip to Norway, they asked their local bank for Norwegian currency. Usually, you can retrieve cash from ATMs in many places in Norway, and paying cashless is quite common. But, nevertheless, just in case it would not have been possible to equip […]
I have been busy these days reading applications for open Ph.D. student positions. I like to share some sentences from two candidates who will not make it to the next round. One candidate did not exactly leave the impression he was willing to finish within time and budget constraints: „It is good to have an […]
This week, I refactored parts of a group programming project that had been completed last year. Browsing the source code, looking for opportunities to polish and slightly enhance the program, I had several moments of „what the f… is this?“ There is even a web site dedicated to WTF moments. I will share an example […]
The week before Christmas break. It has become quiet at the college, colleagues are decreasing their time balance, students have vanished after their exams and will return in January. I log my time at work using TimePanic. Looking back at hours logged in 2011, I worked 1,921 hours, mostly at the office. I spent 43% […]
From http://www.computersecurityday.org/: „Computer Security Day was started in 1988 to help raise awareness of computer related security issues. Our goal is to remind people to protect their computers and information. This annual event is held around the world on November 30th although some organizations choose to have functions on the next business day if it […]
I was in Tromsø this week to attend NISK 2011. NISK is a young conference, started in 2008, and is co-located with NIK and NOKOBIT and NISK stands for Norsk Informasjonssikkerhetskonferanse. I presented a paper on hiding files on USB memory sticks, and two of „my“ students presented work on malware detection and removal tools […]
I co-authored three papers that have been accepted for presentation at the Norwegian Information Security conference (NISK 2011). The papers are: H. Langweg, B. Adolphi, and S. Engen (2011). “ An Analysis of SpyEye Detection and Removal Tools“. B. Adolphi, S. Engen, and H. Langweg (2011). “ Comparison of Malware Protection in Smart Card-Based User […]
I was returning from Cork, Ireland, via Heathrow recently. One of the shops in the newest terminal building T5 featured a video screen with a fashion show, probably to entice waiting passengers to leave their money at the store. Centered in the video was an error message claiming that the system had been restarted recently. […]