Email is such an integral part of everyday life we tend to ignore, or simply be unaware, that it is the biggest single threat to cybersecurity. Yet almost all cybercrime is either email-based, or employs email as part of the process.
Long before COVID-19, some notable behind-the-scenes forces were in motion to elevate cybersecurity to a much higher level.
As we get deeper into dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, the need for authorities and experts to communicate reliably and effectively with each other, as well as to the general public, is vital.
The global Coronavirus pandemic is a terrible and frightening experience for everyone. But this virus carries its own parasites – an epidemic of cybercriminals preying on the fear of COVID-19.
A crisis brings out the worst in some people and the best in others. This is also true, I would say, of companies and even countries. Companies and countries are composed of people, of course, but I’m referring here to their leadership, or regimes, and…
We continue our series from the Digital Sanity Summit with advice from the Council of Europe’s own Dr. Elizabeth Milovidov, law professor and eSafety consultant. Dr. Milovidov is a mother herself, and she has dedicated the last seven years of her caree…
Vulnerability disclosure is the process of bringing information about flaws in operating systems, applications, firmware and business processes into the public domain. The purpose is to ensure that product vendors fix the flaws while users can mitigate…
Less than 48 hours after the killing of Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin calling out Iran’s “robust cyber program,” and cautioning everyone to be prepared for Iran to “conduct operations in the …
Around the world, the millions of internet-connected gifts we exchanged over the holidays have been set up, making our homes “smarter.” And less secure.
The new year is a time for reflecting on the old and considering the new. In cybersecurity, this leads to a prediction-fest where vendors tell us what to expect over the next 12 months.