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Hackers can turn computer cables into antenna to steal sensitive data

26 July 2022

Computers are sometimes kept disconnected from the internet, or "air gapped", to avoid remote hackers gaining access to steal data, but now there is a way to use a hard drive cable to transmit information via radio waves


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What is the Hertzbleed computer chip hack and should you be worried?

16 June 2022

A new hack called Hertzbleed can read snippets of data from computer chips remotely and could leave cryptography algorithms vulnerable to attack


What is phishing?

Phishing

15 June 2021

Phishing is the most common cyberattack today and is getting increasingly sophisticated as public awareness and technical attempts to stop it grow


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Hundreds of UK ambulances rely on software vulnerable to cyberattack

18 August 2020

Ambulances at North East Ambulance Service and Yorkshire Ambulance Service use data terminals that rely on Windows XP, which no longer gets security updates from Microsoft so can be susceptible to hackers


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NHS turns to ethical hackers to defend it from malicious attacks

28 November 2017

The NHS is hoping that penetration tests favoured by big technology companies will keep it safe from hackers, but if they are to adopt this approach they need to change other attitudes


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Why people ruin others’ lives by exposing all their data online

13 November 2017

Doxers causes devastation by revealing targets' sensitive information to the worst elements of the internet. Now the first study to examine doxing shows who is most affected – and a potential fix


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Estonia freezes popular e-residency ID cards due to security bug

8 November 2017

Citizens and thousands of e-residents have been unable to use their digital ID cards to access government services, banks and medical records because of risks of identity theft


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Online game will spot if you have hidden cybersecurity talents

13 October 2017

A music major or law student might have native cybersecurity skills a trained IT student doesn’t – and this online game will identify you


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Equifax data breach hits nearly half of US – and isn't over yet

8 September 2017

“Horrendous” hack of Equifax, a US firm responsible for millions of people’s credit ratings, is not the biggest in US history, but the data is the most sensitive


<em>The Darkening Web</em>: Misinformation is the strongest cyberweapon

The Darkening Web: Misinformation is the strongest cyberweapon

30 August 2017

China watches what its own people say, Russia spreads its own version of events and the US brags. A new book shows that cyber-conflict is largely a war of words


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