On September 9 2020, a woman died during a cyber-attack on a hospital in Düsseldorf, Germany. The woman was in…
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Passwords have been used for thousands of years as a means of identifying ourselves to others and in more recent…
If thoughts, feelings and other mental activities are nothing more than electrochemical signals flowing around a vast network of brain…
Cybersecurity is like a game of whack-a-mole. As soon as the good guys put a stop to one type of…
The most astounding thing about the Experian security breach of 24-million South Africans’ personal data is not that the credit…
Stories have been circulating which claim that Houseparty has been “hacking” user’s personal data, accessing details through private Spotify, Netflix and…
SpaceX’s new satellites have the potential to revolutionise many aspects of everyday life – from bringing internet access to remote corners of the globe to monitoring the environment and improving global navigation systems. Amid all the fanfare, a critical danger has flown under the radar: the lack of cybersecurity standards and regulations for commercial satellites, in the U.S. and internationally
It’s like a tale from a Hollywood movie. The crown prince and future ruler of the wealthiest oil-rich Middle East country uses the most popular messaging service in the world to send malware to the phone of the CEO of the largest retailer on the planet.
These days, it’s hard to know whom to trust online, and how to discern genuine content from fakery. Some degree of trust…
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