Ten short stories - some to make you smile, some to make you shudder. Tales of the Fantastic and the Macabre for people who love speculative fiction. Be a visitor to these worlds, just a little off-kilter.The stories are:"Unwanted Attention": Running a business can be risky, but no one signs up for this."To the Steppes": What really happened out there?"Better Angels": A morning swim is a great way to start your day."A High Cost": Classic fantasy in an a...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security, CANS 2015, held in Marrakesh, Morocco, in December 2015.The 12 full papers presented together with 6 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover topics of interest such as internet of things and privacy; password-based authentication; attacks and malicious code; security modeling and verification; secure multi-part...