Dr. Scaife's research focuses on consumer protection and developing deployable solutions to real-world security issues. In particular, his research investigates fundamental weaknesses in existing payment systems and networks. His work on payment systems security and ransomware has been covered by the Associated Press, Forbes, and numerous other media outlets. His work has resulted in two startups.
Kiss from a Rogue: Evaluating Detectability of Pay-at-the-Pump Card Skimmers.
Proceedings / IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy; sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy in cooperation with the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IARC....
1000-1014.
2019
SoK: "Plug & Pray" Today - Understanding USB Insecurity in Versions 1 through C.
Proceedings / IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy; sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy in cooperation with the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IARC....
1032-1047.
2018
Sonar: Detecting SS7 Redirection Attacks With Audio-Based Distance Bounding.
Proceedings / IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy; sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy in cooperation with the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IARC....
567-582.
2018
The Cards Aren't Alright: Detecting Counterfeit Gift Cards Using Encoding Jitter.
Proceedings / IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy; sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy in cooperation with the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IARC....
1063-1076.
2018
