Once powerful AI models are released, it’s nearly impossible to keep them from being misused. Minimizing the risk means making safety the top priority in developing the systems.
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Companies tend to focus on appeasing angry customers after a data breach. New research shows they may want to pay more attention to customers who are afraid to return to their site.
While some cyber criminals have previously avoided schools and health-care organisations, it seems these are now fair game.
Legislation expected to be put to Parliament later this year may very well fall short due to COVID-19’s budget impacts. But until we strengthen our cyber defences, we’re all at risk.
While the data from a fingerprint is very hard to retrieve, cybercriminals can get around biometric technology in various ways. And having a weak passcode is like giving them a hall pass.
Cyber-criminals are targeting city authorities because they often pay out – but there are other ways to protect public data and services.
BA’s handling of the latest corporate cyber attack shows a catalogue of missed opportunities.
Permanently and completely deleting information from IT systems is complex. The government should consider pausing the roll-out of My Health Record for longer to properly address this issue.
More students must acquire IT skills in order to secure jobs with upward mobility, according to a researcher who developed an index that shows a dramatic growth in ‘IT intensive’ jobs.
Online usability demands keep trumping security measures that are designed to keep our data safe online.
Like legitimate e-commerce, ransomware e-crime is increasing in scale, value and sophistication.
Yes, Big Brother is almost definitely watching. Here, five tips for researchers on keeping you and your sources safe.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing and Communications, The Open University
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Research Associate, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University
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Professor of Operations Research, Brock University
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Associate Professor of Information Systems, Brock University
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Cyber Security, Adelaide University
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Professor of Marketing, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds
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Senior Research Fellow in Cyber Security at La Trobe University, UNSW
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Director, Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation (CSRI), Deakin University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Research Professor of Information Systems, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Associate Teaching Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder