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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order approving a deal that allows U.S. businesspeople to acquire ownership of TikTok.
Cyber attacks can cost you tens of thousands of dollars. Expert advice can help you stay safe – and it’s not complicated.
The Australian government wants to introduce ‘minimum security standards’ for all smart devices. What will that look like?
Widely available AI tools are supercharging cyber crime, which means we need to stay on top of our online security like never before.
The Australian government will test tools to shield kids from inappropriate material online. Even though there’s no one easy fix, these checks could help.
Cybercriminals don’t take breaks, so you shouldn’t ever drop your guard.
Twitter and Meta are looking to make money from protecting users’ identities. This raises questions about collective security, people understanding what they’re paying for and who remains vulnerable.
The advice for years has been to use password managers. But even these don’t completely eliminate the risk of being compromised.
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.
Although it’s estimated illicit activity amounts to less than 1% of all cryptocurrency transactions, figures of losses are still staggering – and on the rise.
It’s time to think differently about how we address the password problem.
The AN0M app was programmed by law enforcement to allow ‘back-door’ access. This led to the retrieval of information that culminated in hundreds of search warrants.
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.
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.
If you’re reluctant to share your password, or broadcast a team password in Slack in a groupchat, your instincts are correct. But mocking those who ‘do the wrong thing’ is unlikely to help.
Many of us will have received new gadgets this festive season. But how can we ensure these are set up safely? And what’s the best way to discard of old devices being replaced?
Guidance on strong passwords has changed and children need to learn about it in a way that suits their stage of development.
One website dedicated to tracking stolen passwords suggests there are details of currently more than 10 billion compromised accounts available online.
Two-factor authentication is certainly an added layer of security as we traverse the online world. But it comes in various forms, and they’re not all equally protective.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Cyber Security, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor in Cyber Security, Adelaide University
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Faculty member & Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
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Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Royal Society University Research Fellow, UCL
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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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Director, Centre for Internet Safety, University of Canberra
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Computer Security, University of Kent
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University