World Password Day won’t solve the numbnuts user problem
It may have been world password day recently, but people need to do more to up their own security settings.
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The worrying case of the Su-A-Cyder sandjack attack
We get inside the tale of the iOS SideJacking app vulnerability that Apple knows about but hasn’t patched yet. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin.
The Cybermatic: how automatic cybercrime became monetized
There are some handy hackers out there, no doubt; but hacking by hand is becoming an increasingly scarce commodity with the rise of automatic cybercrime.
Is biometric bonce authentication really a thing?
Forgotten your password? A new form of biometric authentication technology is looking into using your skull, and not fingerprints, to log you in.
Where are all the women in cybersecurity?
According to the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu only 11 per cent of those working in the cybersecurity industry worldwide are women. That is, frankly, a shocking statistic.
The Poseidon misadventure: inside a targeted attack group
In the Poseidon Adventure movie, passengers aboard a cruise ship struggle to survive after a tidal wave strikes. Those enterprises hit by the Poseidon APT Group must know how that feels.
Mapping the cybersecurity threatscape for 2016
If you want to get a real-world handle on how the cybersecurity threatscape is being shaped, and therefore understand both threat evolution patterns and the best methods to mitigate against the resulting attacks, quarterly research reports are your best bet.
Research reveals Android device security lacks update inertia
University of Cambridge researchers found, “on average 87.7% of Android devices are exposed to at least one of 11 known critical vulnerabilities.”
Steganography: the art of concealment
Last year security vendor AVG researchers discovered that a popular banking Trojan, a Vawtrak variant, was using steganography as a method of obfuscating update files.
Malvertising, ad blockers, revenue streams and you
Just as malware is malicious software, so we have malvertising, which is malicious advertising. Unlike malware though, malvertising can literally eat away at your revenue stream if you are an online content provider.
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