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What dangers are posed by smart devices in households? And can we defend against them? Petr Matoušek tried to answer those questions and many more at the CyberCon conference held at the end of September by the National Cyber and Information Security Agency. His lecture is now available HERE (in Czech only). CyberCon is one of the biggest Czech events designed as a forum for sharing information, knowledge and experience of experts from various fields of cybersecurity both from the Czech Republic and the international field.

The dark web is considered a hiding place for trading in illegal goods and services. Daniel Dolejška and his FIT colleagues monitor those transactions and, using individual data, create an information map which will one day provide valuable information. What is going on on the dark web and how it is monitored is the topic of another episode of the About science and scientists (O vědě a vědcích) series broadcasted by Czech Television within its Week in the regions programme (only in Czech).

A new tool which is available for nearly all major web browsers was developed by Libor Polčák and FIT BUT students. The Free Software Foundation international non-profit organisation has decided to back their results. The extension named JShelter will help users erase the footprints left on the Internet by their browsers and protect their data. For more information, read the article.