Security

Reports highlight the astronomical cost of ID theft

With most of us spending more time online than ever before, cybercriminals have made hay. Ironically, their profits are compounded...
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How to secure cyber-physical supply chains

The merging of digital and physical domains is a central part of the digital transformation we're going through as part...
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Social media vs cybersecurity: how to safely use social media at work

In the early days of social media, organizations were primarily concerned with employees wasting their time online when they should...
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Alastair Paterson, Digital Shadows: criminals capitalize on the confusion

The rise of cybercrime has been echoing across the globe, with financial losses estimated at $6 trillion by the end...
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Popular Android apps with 142.5 million collective installs leak user data

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14 top Android apps with 142.5 million installs are misconfigured, leaving their data exposed to unauthorized parties. Nine out of...
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Using cyberattacks to make AI more energy hungry

Training of AI-based systems is already incredibly inefficient, and new research suggests that hackers may be about to make things...
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Busting myths around bug bounty platforms

Cybersecurity attacks continue to rise not only in numbers but in sophistication and complexity. A data breach that violates GDPR...
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Cybersecurity is not too technical. Nor should be a career in the field

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The talent shortage in the cybersecurity field is often self-inflicted. Numerous technical requirements scare capable people away when a large...
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Digital parenting: the challenges of keeping kids secure during the pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has forced many of us to work and study from home as never before as offices and...
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Glacier Kwong from Hong Kong: speaking up when you’re being monitored takes a lot of creativity

Hong Kong is nothing more than a Chinese city now, says Glacier Kwong from Keyboard Frontline. She welcomes Google’s decision...
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How safe is your car from hackers?

The progress of autonomous vehicle technology has largely run up against a very human buffer, with considerable concerns emerging about...
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How teenagers can slip into a life of cybercrime

Former US congressman Beto O'Rourke is perhaps inadvertently the archetypal image of hackers in the public consciousness. As a teenager,...
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How to stay safe online during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales

Black Friday always falls on the fourth Friday in November, which is the day after the American Thanksgiving holiday. But...
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Is cybersecurity insurance your silver bullet?

The Covid era has seen a significant rise in cybercrime, as criminals have sought to capitalize on the chaos and...
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Is gut instinct as effective as AI at spotting fakes online?

Earlier this year, the world looked on in amazement as a series of TikTok videos of a deepfake Tom Cruise...
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Kaspersky report highlights the growth in state-sponsored hacking

While we often think of hackers as loners toiling away in their mother's basement, the modern hacker is increasingly well...
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Longtime cybersecurity professional Kathie Miley: unknown malware is stressing out CISOs

Cybersecurity tools are trained to look for familiar malware and vulnerabilities. But recent major cyberattacks, such as SolarWinds, were caused...
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Make cybersecurity a strategic priority, before it’s too late

A study explores the response of companies to the NotPetya attack, and offers a strong insight into how to prepare and respond to cyberattacks.
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Mapping the consequences of cyber-physical attacks

At the start of this year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published their annual Global Risks Report, and while there...
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Massive analysis of 311 million malware warnings: here’s how hackers fool us

311 million records containing 77 million URLs were analysed to develop the document. Malware is a massive issue for internet...
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