Most people think of trust as active – you place your trust in someone or you don’t. But weak cybersecurity, like leaving your front door unlocked, is a matter of trust, too.
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People have plenty of legitimate reasons to use encrypted communications platforms such as WhatsApp or Signal for their own security and privacy.
A thriving black market for stolen personal data makes millions of people vulnerable to spies, spammers, scammers and hackers.
Fragmented authority for national cyber defense and the vulnerabilities of private companies that control software and infrastructure stack the deck against US cybersecurity.
Passwords have been around for decades and we’re still getting it wrong.
It’s possible that hackers could have infiltrated and spied on Boris Johnson’s personal phone from as early as 2006.
The courts have given the government the authority to hack into private computers unannounced. The action addresses a clear threat, but it also sets an unsettling precedent.
More than 500 million people’s details were compromised. The records include various combinations of name, email, gender, date of birth, location, relationship status and employer.
It’s still too early to say who attacked Channel Nine, disrupting its live broadcasts over the weekend. But fingers have been pointed at Russian state actors using a tactic nicknamed ‘wiperware’.
How do you prove that people have been vaccinated without putting their privacy at risk? The technology and best practices to make it happen exist. It’s far from clear, however, if they’re being used.
Commercial software is vital to all of our cybersecurity. What should governments do if they find it has weaknesses?
The coronavirus pandemic has meant homes rather than offices have become workplaces. Companies need to respond to these new cybersecurity threats.
Universities are a prime target for cyber attacks and the weakest links in their defences are all the non-expert users of their systems. Teaching everyone basic cyber hygiene is vital.
The weather-related impacts of climate change will increasingly threaten critical infrastructure in the future. Shifting electricity grids towards microgrids could help.
Ransomware is quietly developing into one of the most disruptive – and lucrative – forms of cybercrime.
Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible to track when people have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus. The right cryptography scheme keeps alerts about exposures private.
Fragmented authority for national cyber defense and global supply chains for building software stack the deck against US cybersecurity.
Sophisticated fake social media personas created by North Korean hackers offered to collaborate with cybersecurity researchers. Several US researchers fell for it.
Cybersecurity risks are evolving rapidly. How can they be more effectively assessed and managed ?
A scholar of cyber conflict sets out why retaliation doesn’t prevent future attacks, and explains what might have a better chance.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne