Hacking
Resilience Why hackers’ old habits die hard
Remember HeartBleed – a security bug in the OpenSSL cryptography library that affected half a million sites in 2014? Six …
Cyber crime Cyberpsychologist Dr Mary Aiken on whether cyberspace can ever be regulated
"We're not going to be able to regulate ourselves out of the problem." Cyberpsychologist Dr Mary Aiken discusses with Anna …
Cyber crime The coronavirus pandemic moved life online – a surge in website defacing followed
One consequence of the public’s compliance with social distancing and quarantines during the COVID-19 pandemic is a sharp decline in most …
Apps UK fears cyber criminals will use NHSX COVID-19 tracing app to launch cyber attacks
Nearly half (48%) of the UK public surveyed about the NHSX COVID-19 tracing app do not trust the UK government …
Cyber crime Recycled tools allow cybercriminals to attack like nation-states, and we need to change our...
Marcus Fowler, Director of Strategic Threat, Darktrace, discusses how hackers are recycling nation state tools to evolve their attack methods and …
Hacking How to protect elections amid the coronavirus pandemic
At least seven states have postponed their presidential primaries in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. That has raised concerns …
Hacking How the hackers are using Open Source Libraries to their advantage
Ben Slater, Chief Product Officer at Instaclustr, writes about how the potential of Open Source Libraries must be balanced with …
Hacking Cyber security experts come together to fight coronavirus-related hacking
An international group of nearly 400 volunteers with expertise in cybersecurity formed on Wednesday to fight hacking related to the …
Hacking UK’s Serious Fraud Office refers employee to police amid leak allegations
The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Thursday it had referred an individual to the police amid allegations made …
Hacking OurMine hacker group target Korean boy band’s Twitter account
Celebrity twitter accounts are a common target for hackers. K-Pop boy band BTS recently had their account compromised by elite …
Social media Israeli court orders Facebook to unblock account of NSO Group employee
A Tel Aviv court ordered Facebook Inc to unblock the private account of a worker at Israeli surveillance company NSO …
Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency crime losses more than double to $4.5 billion in 2019, report finds
Losses from cryptocurrency crime surged to $4.52 billion (£3.5 billion) last year, as insider theft soared even as hacking losses …
