Markus Jakobsson

Markus Jakobsson
Occupation Computer Security Researcher, Entrepreneur, Writer

Markus Jakobsson is a computer security researcher, entrepreneur and writer, whose work is focused on the issue of digital security.

Career

Markus Jakobsson became a senior director at Qualcomm after Qualcomm acquired FatSkunk in 2014; Jakobsson founded FatSkunk in 2009, and served as its CTO until the acquisition. Prior to his position at Qualcomm, Jakobsson has served as Principal Scientist of Consumer Security at PayPal, held positions as the Principal Scientist for Palo Alto Research Center and RSA Security, and served as vice president of the International Financial Cryptography Association.[1][2] Prior to these positions, he was a member of the Technical Staff at Bell Labs, and held a position at Xerox PARC.[3] In addition, Jakobsson serves as an expert witness and is a member of the software and networking litigation group Harbor Labs.[4] He has a background in higher education, having served as an associate professor at Indiana University where he was also a cybersecurity researcher and co-director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research.[5][6] He has also served as an adjunct associate professor at New York University.[7]

Companies Founded and Advisory Positions

In 2004, Jakobsson was one of the founders of the digital security company RavenWhite.[8] The Silicon Valley company offers digital solutions for businesses that pair customer identity with digital privacy.[9] In 2006, he launched securitycartoon.com with Dr. Sukamol Srikwan.[10] A website using comics to teach security awareness and understanding among the average internet user, it became the basis for the company Extricatus, LLC. Its aim is to decrease security vulnerabilities among companies caused by social engineering and human error.[11] With Extricatus, he unveiled the concept of Fastwords, an online password creation system where users create secure passwords made of a string of everyday words in order to make them easy to remember.[12][13] In 2009, Jakobsson co-founded Fatskunk, a company that targets malware that attacks wireless devices such as tablets and smartphones.[14] He has served on the advisory boards for Metaforic, a VC-backed company that markets software that other developers can incorporate into their own for greater security, and Lifelock, an identity protection company.[15][16] In addition, he is a visiting research fellow of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), an organization focused on reducing cybercrime.[17]

Education

Jakobsson holds a PhD in computer science from the University of California at San Diego, as well as master's degrees from both the University of California at San Diego and Lund University in Sweden.[18]

Academic Research

Jakobsson's early research publications were focused on cryptography.[19] Later research emphasis was aimed at understanding and preventing fraud.[20][21][22] With Filippo Menczer and two students, he also conducted live experiments on Internet users in order to determine the ways users were likely to fall victim to various forms on online fraud.[22][23] His later research was focused toward mobile security and the detection of malware on mobile platforms.[24]

Bibliography

Jakobsson is the author or editor of a series of books and studies dealing with the world of internet security and its practical applications for businesses and individual users.[25]

References

  1. ↑ Honan, Mat. "What To Do After You've Been Hacked | Gadget Lab". Wired.com. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  2. ↑ "Interviews Markus Jakobsson". Bankinfosecurity.com. 2007-01-29. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Markus Jakobsson PayPal Principal Scientist Consumer Security, Past Principal Research Scientist RSA Security and PARC - Canadian IT Manager's Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs". Blogs.technet.com. 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  4. ↑ "Harbor". Harborlabs.com. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  5. ↑ "Technology | Users face new phishing threats". BBC News. 2004-10-20. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  6. ↑ Jon Brodkin (2007-08-10). "Phishing researcher 'targets' the unsuspecting". Computerworld.com. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  7. ↑ "eWeek - Author Biography - Markus Jakobsson - News & Reviews". eWeek.com. 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  8. ↑ "Markus Jakobsson". ITworld. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  9. ↑ "Study: More phishing suckers out there than we thought". Networkworld.com. 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  10. ↑ "SecurityCartoon.com". SecurityCartoon.com. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  11. ↑ "Phishers can use social Web sites as bait to net victims". Phys.org. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  12. ↑ "Hunting For A Password That Only You Will Know". NPR. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  13. ↑ Daniel Lyons (2011-06-26). "Fastwords: The New Online Password Security - Newsweek and The Daily Beast". Thedailybeast.com. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  14. ↑ Naone, Erica (2010-03-05). "Hunting Mobile Threats in Memory | MIT Technology Review". Technologyreview.com. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  15. ↑ "Software Immune System". Metaforic. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  16. ↑ "Identity Theft Protection - Avoid ID & Credit Fraud". LifeLock. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  17. ↑ SparkCMS by Baunfire.com. "About APWG | APWG". Antiphishing.org. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  18. ↑ Markus Jakobsson Ph.D. (2012-08-28). "Markus Jakobsson: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  19. ↑ M. Jakobsson, K. Sako, and R. Impagliazzo (1996). "Designated Verifier Proofs and Their Applications" (PDF). EUROCRYPT’96: Proceedings of the 15th annual international conference on Theory and application of cryptographic techniques. Berlin, Heidelberg. pp. 143–154. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
  20. ↑ V. Griffith, M. Jakobsson (2005). "Messin ‘ with Texas: Deriving Mother’s Maiden Names Using Public Records" (PDF). Applied Cryptography and Network Security. New York, NY. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
  21. ↑ M. Gandhi, M. Jakobsson, and J. Ratkiewicz (2006). "Badvertisements: Stealthy click-fraud with unwitting accessories" (PDF). Journal of Digital Forensics Practice. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
  22. 1 2 T. N. Jagatic, N. A. Johnson, M. Jakobsson, and F. Menczer (2007). "Social phishing" (PDF). Commun. ACM. pp. 94–100. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
  23. ↑ T. N. Jagatic, N. A. Johnson, M. Jakobsson, and F. Menczer (2007). "Designing and Conducting Phishing Experiments" (PDF). In IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Special Issue on Usability and Security. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
  24. ↑ M. Jakobsson and K. Johansson (2010). "Retroactive Detection of Malware With Applications to Mobile Platforms" (PDF). HotSec 2010. Washington, DC. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
  25. ↑ "Markus Jakobsson: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-03-04.

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