Ransomware actors turn attention to holding websites hostage
Ransomware actors are looking for new targets according to security vendor WordFence. That target would appear to be WordPress-powered websites…
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How secure is your localhost domain? Hint – it may not be what it says
According to the t-shirt ‘There’s no place like 127.0.0.1’ but one Google engineer queries just how secure this home is.
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Smart gun broken by smarter hacker with a magnet
The smart gun has moved out of science fiction, and is now science fact: how smart and secure are they?
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Weaponised AI. Davey Winder asks the industry – is that a thing yet?
The good guys are clearly already investing heavily in AI-defence research, but what about the bad guys and weaponised AI?
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Researchers pwn Alexa, turning Amazon Echo into covert listening device
A vulnerability in the Amazon Echo device can be exploited to turn it into a covert spying tool, say researchers.
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MSPs: How to get your customers to buy into cybersecurity
Just how do you convince clients, happy with your other managed service offerings, to buy into security as a service?
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How dumb is your smartwatch?
The tale of what happens when a smartwatch hater breaks, and buys one: so just how dumb is your smartwatch?
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Is China’s newly built quantum crypto-network really unhackable?
China is the latest to apply quantum cryptology to create a supposedly unhackable network, but how valid are these claims?
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Straight to the bloody point: Shadow IT in under 300 words
Ever wondered how you could get your head around the thorny subject of shadow IT without investing too much time?
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