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Department of Computer Science and Technology

  • PhD Candidate / Research Staff

I am a PhD candidate supervised by Professor Alice Hutchings and advised by Professor Ross Anderson within the Security Group. I am funded by the Department of Computer Science and Technology. I am also affiliated with the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre and part of Hughes Hall College. My personal webpage is here and my CV is here.

Biography

I am a research assistant at the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre since October 2019 under Dr Richard Clayton and Professor Alice Hutchings. I was a research intern at National University of Singapore (2019) advised by Professor Min Suk Kang (now he is at KAIST). I did my MSc in Information Science at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2018) under Professor Mizuhito Ogawa and my BSc in Information Technology at Vietnam National University (2016), advised by Professor Xuan Hieu Phan.

Research

My research offers timely empirical measurements to explore cyberspace and its societal impact at scale, focusing on underground subcultures fostering online crime and harms. The resulting insights help better understand online threats and inform policy decisions for safety and security. I collect and share large-scale datasets of online crime and harms such as cyberattacks, illicit marketplaces, and online discussions on underground forums. I am also interested in cyberlaw and internet policy. My recent work explores how these online communities react to external events, such as law enforcement and industry interventions, the Covid-19 pandemic, and armed conflicts. Before joining Cambridge, I worked on Bitcoin peer-to-peer network security and applied formal methods for malware analysis.

Themes

Teaching

Supervisions at Cambridge

Teaching at Vietnam National University

  • INT1003: Fundamental of Informatics (2016-2017)
  • INT2204: Object-Oriented Programming (2016-2017)

Professional Activities

Publications

Under submission

Peer-reviewed conferences

Peer-reviewed workshops

Book chapters

  • Lydia Wilson, Anh V. Vu, Ildiko Pete, Yi Ting Chua. Identifying and Collecting Public Domain Data for Tracking Cybercrime and Online Extremism. Book chapter in Open Source Investigations in the Age of Google, World Scientific, 2024.

Contact Details

Room: 
GE-20
Office address: 
15 JJ Thomson Ave
Email: 

anh.vu@cst.cam.ac.uk