Researchers have found a Wi-Fi security flaw that can allow hackers to locate and track devices through walls with an accuracy of about one meter. The attack uses a loophole in smart devices that the researchers call “polite Wi-Fi.” Professor Ali Abedi tests out Wi-Peep Wi-Peep: the new kid on the block It is not …
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One of the unexpected side-effects of the COVID pandemic has been that people are increasingly quitting their jobs. And it does impact cybersecurity. Today’s reality is that organizations are globally facing the biggest talent crisis since the 2008 recession. It seems that people are no longer competing for jobs but companies are competing for people. …
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Marijuana is becoming more accepted. Will cybersecurity employers play along? – asked Cybersecurity Drive recently.
ine Learning, Edge Computing, 5G, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, the Internet of Behaviour is one of the top tech trends of 2021.
Redwoods, also known as Sequoioideae, include the largest and tallest trees in the world. That is fine, some of you might argue, but what it has to do with cybersecurity? A lot, we would say. The latest cybersecurity attacks – such as the one on the Transnet in South Africa – once again confirmed the …
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The wider American public was afforded an unwanted glimpse into the Wild West world of ransomware this week, after a cyber-attack crippled Colonial Pipeline, causing fuel shortages across the eastern seaboard and states of emergency to be declared in four states, reports The Guardian. The latest ransomware attack on the US Colonial Pipeline has sparked …
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Catphishing stats show that 82% of romance scam victims are women and those over 50 are defrauded out of the most money. Online dating is an undeniable part of finding love in the modern world. By the end of 2020, upwards of 32 million Americans were using online dating services, and the industry is expected …
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Phished people were exposed to an attack for an average of 17.5 hours before antivirus software discovered it. With pharming, it takes much longer. Phishing and pharming schemes are still one of the grimmest threats to companies and individuals. Even internet giants like Google and Facebook got conned out of hundreds of millions USD via …
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Most botnets are currently deployed for the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks but can also be used for delivering spyware, email spam, phishing, ‘click fraud’, stilling confidential information or the bitcoin mining. Here are tactics to combat bad bots.
The industries most affected by island hopping attacks are finance, healthcare, manufacturing and retail. The term ‘island hopping’ is not originally technological term - it comes from the military strategy. More precisely, the term comes from the World War II, from the strategy the US military used to get to mainland Japan via islands, such …
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