If you think you’re not at risk from cyber crime then think again. Everyone connected to the internet is a potential target and hackers are gathering what they can to try to gain your trust.
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When hackers take down companies in response to their actions, security chiefs need to know what the CEO is saying in public.
As big browsers and sites like YouTube drop support, are our Flash days numbered?
Ross William Ulbricht, the tech-savvy Texan who created the Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on charges that equated him with a mafia boss.
The resources of those in cybercrime outstrip the agencies investigating them - we need more skilled digital forensic specialists fast.
Cyberhate would deny women their full democratic rights as citizens, yet this is trivialised and dismissed – just as sexual violence, discrimination and workplace harassment have been for decades.
Recent data thefts that appear to be carried out by nations are unsettling for many reasons and raise profound questions about how we should handle them.
A new threat to secure online communication could be a symptom of a wider cyber security problem.
Claims that a cybersecurity expert hacked an aeroplane’s cockpit might not be as unbelievable as they first seem.
There’s no excuse for big firms letting basic attacks compromise their customers’ data.
Recognising malware patterns is key to the effectiveness of antivirus programs.
With cybercrime estimated to cost the global economy upwards of US$400 billion a year – and expected to rise – what are the challenges to beating the criminals?
As hackers get more sophisticated in their cyber crime efforts we need to look to new technology to make our systems more secure, and potentially unhackable. So how can quantum physics help?
Forensics is changing in the digital age, and the legal system is still catching up in terms of how it uses digital evidence.
As the US and UK look to the opportunities presented by cybersecurity, Australia is still dealing with a critical skills shortage.
Preventing and responding to the hacking epidemic is not a problem for one group or organisation to solve. And what happens in the first 72 hours can make all the difference.
The thefts make big headlines but rarely hit the bottom line, creating a moral hazard risk that companies won’t invest enough to beef up their security.
The European Commission’s annual Eurobarometer Cyber Security Survey, the third edition of which was recently released, is a substantial survey of more than 27,000 respondents from 28 countries. It contains…
No matter how strong an organization’s cybersecurity, our own bad behavior could make us the “unintentional insiders” for the next big hack.
Decades of data security research have brought us highly reliable, standardized tools for common tasks such as digital signatures and encryption. But hackers are constantly working to crack data security…
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds
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Visiting Fellow, Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Cyber Security, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in Cyber Security, Adelaide University
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Director, Centre for Internet Safety, University of Canberra
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Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey
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Lawyer, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Computer Security, University of Kent