The warning signs are loud and clear: we’re headed into a crisis, thanks to the growing interdependence of digital and economic systems — with no safety nets.
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What will ransomware attackers focus on next?
A ransomware attack on election-related government computers in a Georgia county raises the specter of more disruptions for Election Day voting and vote tabulation.
The cost of computer attacks to companies is difficult to quantify precisely. One thing is certain, however: it is constantly improving. As is the case with defensive measures…
Austraia’s first Cyber Incident Management Arrangements are a good start, but the government needs to better engage with private companies to prevent and manage cyber attacks.
It turns out you can’t ensure cyber-security in the world’s fifth-largest employer if there’s no one in charge of making it happen.
As cryptocurrency systems improve, they will better protect criminals’ identities and even allow people to offer anonymous rewards for crimes they want committed.
Cybercriminals increasingly depend on e-currencies to profit from their misdeeds. They, and their potential victims, could be driving some of the growth in cryptocurrency markets.
Confidential data and even human lives are at risk thanks to the huge spread of connected technology in healthcare.
Mayhem, not money, seems to be the ultimate aim of the latest attack unleashed on computer networks around the world.
Movies tell us that paying a ransom means the bad guys win, but in the real world it’s not that simple.
It can be useful to think of hackers as burglars and malicious software as their burglary tools. Both types of miscreants want to find ways into secure places and have many options for entry.
What’s the best way for spy agencies to protect the public: secretly exploit software flaws to gather intelligence, or warn the world and avert malicious cyberattacks?
The cyber-attack hit 200,000 computers and a number of big global organisations. But it hasn’t made much in ransom money.
Things might not be over for the WannaCry malware.
Small businesses are the forgotten casualties of the recent WannaCry ransomware attack.
The underground market for software vulnerabilities has been growing steadily since the 1990s, so the latest WannaCry could be a sign of things to come.
People don’t want to endure the interruptions and inconveniences of keeping their computer software up to date. Research tells us why, and how we might fix the problem – and protect ourselves.
“It is time for a digital Geneva Convention to protect the internet.”
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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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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Senior Lecturer in Informatics, University of Huddersfield
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Senior lecturer, Deakin University
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PhD Student in Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton
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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 Computer Science, Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, Cornell Tech, and Co-Director, Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3), Cornell University
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Faculty member & Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer (Business Information Systems), The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Associate Director, Initiative For Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3); Assistant Prof. of Electrical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology