Scam techniques that rely on human nature are increasingly being executed via technology. Here are five that recorded big increases in 2021.
- Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
Despite its ‘innovator’ status, Apple usually wasn’t the first one to offer groundbreaking new features. But it knew how to adopt existing features in groundbreaking ways.
Explorer came at the dawn of the public internet. For millions of people, it will always be their first experience of the World Wide Web.
The funds are allocated across a ten-year period, with most of the money redirected from defence spending.
The Kremlin is pushing for a quick migration of all Russian websites and services to be hosted within the country. It could be the first stage of a larger disconnection effort.
There’s an alleged global network of cyber activists operating under the Anonymous name. Knowing who is responsible for what will become increasingly difficult as more cyber attacks happen.
These days sophisticated malware can spread like wildfire, thanks to transnational businesses and organisations providing bridges across countries.
Mulai 2022 dengan memperbaiki password Anda. Idealnya Anda dapat memakai password manager, tapi minimal pastikan akun keuangan, sosial, dan pekerjaan Anda punya sandi yang kuat dan unik.
Start 2022 by improving your password hygiene. Ideally you can use a password manager, but at the very least make sure your financial, social and work accounts each has their own strong, unique login.
Image recognition algorithms, military satellites, and mobile data networks can all help estimate crowd sizes. But the underlying maths still comes down to a basic formula: density multiplied by area.
Between driverless cars, autonomous weapons and AI-powered medical diagnostic tools, it seems there will be no shortage of ethically-complex situations involving AI in the future.
Facebook’s Ego4D project will help computers see the world from your point of view - for better or worse.
Australians are being bombarded with ‘missed parcel’ SMS messages that aren’t as they seem…
IP addresses serve a similar function to postal addresses. Postal addresses allow our mail to circulate, while IP addresses allow network traffic to move around the internet.
More advertising and “smarter” search algorithms are changing how Googling works.
Spyware Pegasus dapat mengintai ketikan, mencegat komunikasi, melacak perangkat, serta menggunakan kamera dan mikrofon.
It’s reported the Pegasus spyware can capture a user’s keystrokes, intercept communications, track their device and tap into their camera and microphone.
The first ransomware attack, in 1988, was a crude effort involving virus-laden floppy disks. But in the decades since, the sophistication of malware, and the money reaped by criminals, has skyrocketed.
The recent attack on software supplier Kaseya has been labelled as the biggest global ransomware attack on record.
At this month’s summit, US President Joe Biden warned his counterpart Vladimir Putin of reprisals against ‘persistent malicious cyber-attacks’. But it will take more than posturing to end the stand-off.
As winter draws in, Australians don’t just have to prepare for tax time — they must also be on the watch for scams.
When the weather gets wild, your internet connection can suffer. But other users are as much to blame as the wind and rain
To understand what happened, you need to know what a CDN (content delivery network) is, and how crucial they are to the smooth running of the internet.
The most effective solution is also the most radical.
AirTags promise to help find your lost wallet or bag. But at worst, they could be used for stalking, and at best they involve signing up to a global tracking network most users aren’t truly aware of.
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