The cybersecurity industry has been talking up artificial intelligence and machine learning as a way to stop the hackers, but don’t necessarily believe all the hype.
Michael Kan |
16 Feb |
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Businesses targeted in email phishing schemes don’t always have to play the victim. They can actually fight back.
Michael Kan |
16 Feb |
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How should the U.S. respond to cyber attacks? That’s been a major question at this year’s RSA security conference, following Russia’s suspected attempt to influence last year’s election.
Michael Kan |
15 Feb |
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Hackers have probably had a harder time slipping past your security software, thanks to an alliance between some of the top vendors in the industry.
Michael Kan |
14 Feb |
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A security researcher is showing that it’s not hard to hold industrial control systems for ransom. He's experimented with a simulated water treatment system based on actual programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and documented how these can be hacked.
Michael Kan |
14 Feb |
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Expect ransomware to grow more aggressive in the coming years, including higher ransom payments and attempts to go beyond attacking data -- by shutting down entire computer systems to utilities or factories.
Michael Kan |
14 Feb |
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Privacy advocates are claiming in court that an FBI hacking operation to take down a child pornography site was unconstitutional and violated international law.
Michael Kan |
11 Feb |
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Apple’s iCloud appears to have been holding on to users’ deleted internet browsing histories, including records over a year old.
Michael Kan |
10 Feb |
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Not sure what your phone is collecting about you? A new Android app is promising to simplify the privacy settings on your smartphone, and stop any unwanted data collection.
Michael Kan |
10 Feb |
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To better vet foreign travelers, the U.S. might demand that some visa applicants hand over the passwords to their social media accounts, a proposal that’s alarming privacy experts.
Michael Kan |
09 Feb |
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Just because you’re using a Mac doesn’t mean you’re safe from hackers. That’s what two security researchers are warning, after finding a Mac-based malware that may be an attempt by Iranian actors to target the U.S. defense industry.
Michael Kan |
08 Feb |
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Dozens of iOS apps that are supposed to be encrypting their users' data don't do it properly, according to a security researcher.
Michael Kan |
07 Feb |
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A major hosting service for sites on the dark web has apparently been hacked, resulting in scores of hidden sites, including those offering child pornography, going offline.
Michael Kan |
07 Feb |
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The U.K.’s defense secretary is accusing Russia of using cyber attacks to “disable” democratic processes across the West, and he's demanding that NATO fight back.
Michael Kan |
04 Feb |
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Sanctions imposed by former President Obama on Russia for hacking during the U.S. election had an unintended side effect: they essentially barred U.S. tech firms from selling new IT products in the country.
Michael Kan |
03 Feb |
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