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Last Updated on 6 January 2023 by Daniel P. Alison Paprica, University of Toronto; Kimberlyn McGrail, University of British Columbia, and Michael J. Schull, University of Toronto Events where groups of people come together to create or improve software using large data sets are usually called hackathons. As health data researchers who want to build… Continue reading Hackathons should be renamed to avoid negative connotations

Last Updated on 5 January 2023 by Daniel Debora Irene Christine, United Nations University For nearly two years, 68 United Nations member states — along with private enterprises, non-governmental organizations, technical communities and academics — participated in an open-ended working group on developments in information and telecommunications in international security (Cyber OEWG). The working group… Continue reading Improving cybersecurity means understanding how cyberattacks affect both governments and civilians

Last Updated on 4 January 2023 by Daniel Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato Today’s multi-country condemnation of cyber-attacks by Chinese state-sponsored agencies was a sign of increasing frustration at recent behaviour. But it also masks the real problem — international law isn’t strong or coherent enough to deal with this growing threat. The coordinated announcement… Continue reading Calling out China for cyberattacks is risky — but a lawless digital world is even riskier

Last Updated on 3 January 2023 by Daniel Andrew Goldsmith, Flinders University Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw on Friday confirmed police believe the criminal group behind the recent Medibank cyber attack is from Russia. Kershaw said their intelligence points to a group of loosely affiliated cyber criminals who are likely responsible for past significant… Continue reading What do we know about REvil, the Russian ransomware gang likely behind the Medibank cyber attack?

Last Updated on 2 January 2023 by Daniel Nathalie Collins, Edith Cowan University; Jeff Volkheimer, Duke University, and Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University Business etiquette has one golden rule: treat others with respect and care. The same is true for encouraging cyber safety at work, on everything from password security to keeping valuable information like… Continue reading How to encourage cyber-safe behaviour at work without becoming the office grouch

Last Updated on 1 January 2023 by Daniel Dr Laura Thompson, University of Hertfordshire “Cyberflashing” – the unsolicited sending of photos or videos of genitals – may soon be a crime in England and Wales. Surveys have found that nearly half of young adult women have been sent unwanted, graphic images by men. Receiving so-called… Continue reading Cyberflashing could be criminalised: here’s how a change in the law would help victims

Last Updated on 31 December 2022 by Daniel Siraj Ahmed Shaikh, Coventry University Less than a week into 2018 and we may have already seen the year’s biggest technology story. Researchers have identified a security flaw in the computer processors made by three of the world’s biggest chip designers, Intel, AMD and ARM, and a… Continue reading Apple, Android and PC chip problem – why your smartphone and laptop are so at risk

Last Updated on 30 December 2022 by Daniel Catherine Flick, De Montfort University Spoiler warnings for Mr. Robot, Arrow and Blackhat Technology is everywhere we look, so it’s no surprise that the films and TV we enjoy are similarly obsessed. That’s not to say they manage to get it right when it comes to portraying… Continue reading What Hollywood gets right and wrong about hacking

Last Updated on 29 December 2022 by Daniel Ethem Ilbiz, University of South Wales and Christian Kaunert, University of South Wales Washington and Moscow are engaged in a war of words over a spate of ransomware attacks against organisations and businesses in the US and other countries. These increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks represent a new type… Continue reading Cyber-attacks: what is hybrid warfare and why is it such a threat?

Last Updated on 28 December 2022 by Daniel Todd Austin, University of Michigan and Lauren Biernacki, University of Michigan The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea We have developed and tested a secure new computer processor that thwarts hackers by randomly changing its underlying structure, thus making it… Continue reading Shape-shifting computer chip thwarts an army of hackers