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Proving that cybersecurity is everyone's business. We research what others skip, expose what's buried, and know that the real story is never on the surface.
- A 73-year-old man outsmarted hackers trying to steal thousands of pounds in a complicated #PayPalScam. Instead of falling victim, the retiree took £1380 from the scammer and refuses to give it back. 💸 #paypal #scammers
- There is no single way to determine which #Programming#Language is the most popular. However, if we look at a very particular indicator, online searches for tutorials related to a specific language, collective wisdom allows to determine the winner.
- Technical requirements scare people away, even though vacancies do not require people to be #hackers. Conversation about talent, role of a technologist and must-read books with @thecyberwire's chief analyst Rick Howard (@raceBannon99). #cybersecurity
- Security researchers unveiled a resurgence in dangerous #cyberattacks against #GitHub and Docker Hub where attackers place malicious Monero cryptominers on the platforms and execute them. In all, millions of dollars of Monero have been minted in this way. bit.ly/crypto_mining_…
- Far from the nightmarish scenarios of all-consuming artificial intelligence of the Terminator franchise, in reality groups of neural networks are being deployed to protect humanity. One of the recent applications of #AI is to monitor space for deadly rocks bit.ly/forget_bruce
- Technology is prone to lose functionality. Diminished performance, however, can be compensated nostalgia. Since #PC's have been around for decades, we’ve compiled a list of the machines that aged like fine wine. bit.ly/38y1aNi
- Recently, #Israel allocated $60 million to build its first #QuantumComputer and became the latest country to join the global race for designing emerging technology that comes with the promise to solve problems that previously could not be solved. bit.ly/quantum_leap_
- Many tools have popped up claiming to be able to undo any #blurring or pixelization of sensitive images or text. We look at the best way to avoid those tools so your private information stays private. #cybersecurity #infosec bit.ly/Blurring_
- For years, @cybergeekgirl had been working in the entertainment industry in the UK. Yet, she decided to quit show business for #cybersecurity. Her first husband lured her into the field, which she is still in love with despite her broken marriage. #infosec bit.ly/lisa_ventura
- #WhatsApp #dataleak: 500 million user records for sale. The #threat actor told @CyberNews they were selling the #US #dataset for $7,000, the #UK – $2,500, and #Germany – $2,000. Check if your country has been affected. Read more: cnews.link/whatsapp-data-… #cybersecurity #infosec
- A British judge has decided that #Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be #extradited to the US. bit.ly/baraitser_assa…
- The #cybersecurity field is in its infancy, and we’ll definitely see more #women joining, President of @Women4Cyber Anett Madi-Nator reckons. bit.ly/anett_madi_nat…
