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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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US chooses encryption tools to protect us from quantum computers

5 July 2022

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has revealed the next generation of algorithms that will keep our private data safe from snoopers


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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


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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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Your social media data is out there, just waiting to be leaked

16 May 2018

So much social media data has been siphoned off and stored in the name of research that questions over its security were only a matter of time, says Paul Marks


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How a dedicated cyber-court could halt the rise of online crime

27 March 2018

Crimes carried out online are already illegal, so politicians should stop calling for new laws and start enforcing the old ones


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Killer kettles show security an afterthought for connected homes

16 March 2018

The internet of things is coming thick and fast but so are the warnings that security of devices is poor. The lack of action is alarming, says Paul Marks


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Technology firms must develop new ways to jam Russia's fake news

20 February 2018

The FBI has revealed the lengths Russia's fake news operators will go to – now the likes of Facebook and Twitter must come up with a fix, says Paul Marks


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Clever maths will stop hackers spying on the quantum internet

15 January 2018

Quantum communications are theoretically secure, but keeping a complex quantum network unhackable in practice is more difficult than expected


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You may be making cryptocurrency for hackers without realising

12 January 2018

Thousands of websites are tricking people into mining cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, adblockers might be the only way to stop them


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