Hackers around the globe are smart: they know that it isn’t just good code that helps them break into systems; it’s also about understanding—and preying upon—human behavior. The threat to businesses in the form of cyberattacks is only growing—especially as companies make the shift to embrace hybrid work. But John Scimone, senior vice president and […]
Since Wikileaks began releasing massive troves of US military and State Department secrets more than 10 years ago, Julian Assange has maintained that the American government would eventually seek to put him in a US prison. In a surprise twist, he may escape that fate—not because his organization’s leaks are protected by free speech rights,
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Connecting every possible device in our lives to the internet has always represented a security risk. But that risk is far more pronounced when it involves a smartwatch strapped to your child’s wrist. Now, even after years of warnings about the security failings of many of those devices, one group of researchers has shown that
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Tricksy! You’ll notice the knowledge box on the righthand side, too. But Google has around 92 percent of global search marketshare. It effectively is online search. Dark patterns are all too common online in general, and January wasn’t the first time people accused Google of deploying them. In June of 2018, a blistering report from
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The FBI and NSA have issued a joint report warning that Russian state hackers are using a previously unknown piece of Linux malware to stealthily infiltrate sensitive networks, steal confidential information, and execute malicious commands. In a report that’s unusual for the depth of technical detail from a government agency, officials said the Drovorub malware
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Enlarge / Closeup of a Predator MQ-9 uncrewed aerial vehicle. US Reps. Will Hurd and Robin Kelly are from opposite sides of the ever-widening aisle, but they share a concern that the United States may lose its grip on artificial intelligence, threatening the American economy and the balance of world power. On Thursday, Hurd (R-Tex.)
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The Internet Research Agency is infamous for flooding mainstream social media platforms with compelling disinformation campaigns. The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, deploys strategic data leaks and destabilizing cyberattacks. But in the recent history of Russia’s online meddling, a third, distinct entity may have been at work on many of the same objectives—indicating that Russia’s
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Dropbox’s new password manager aims to help you keep track of your online life. Dropbox Dropbox is continuing to expand beyond cloud storage, introducing a host of new features to make it more useful in other aspects of people’s lives. In a blog post Tuesday, the company detailed the new additions, starting with a LastPass and
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As if you didn’t already have enough to worry about, researchers this week showed off how they can eavesdrop on a room that’s hundreds of feet away using only the vibrations of a light bulb. OK, you specifically probably don’t have to worry about it. But it’s a nice reminder of just how sci-fi spying
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As more and more businesses move online, website security is gaining more and more traction. And it’s not without reason since the incidence of cyber-crime is increasing. In the first quarter of 2019, 1 billion data records were breached. 62 percent of businesses experienced phishing in 2018. Hackers are now attacking 39 times every hour
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