Threat

2019 was a record year for cybercrime. Hackers exposed over 4 billion records for a total worldwide cost of $600 billion in damages. 2020 is not shaping up to be much better. In fact, in the chaos caused by COVID-19, more and not fewer…

Quantum computers that are exponentially faster than any of our current classical computers and are capable of code-breaking applications could be available in 12 to 15 years, posing major risks to the security of current communications…

Microsoft today shared a bunch of security news ahead of RSAC 2020 that kicks off next week in San Francisco. The biggest announcement is arguably the general availability of Microsoft Threat Protection, which uses AI to offer a correlated…

FaceApp might have been all fun and games for celebrities, but for the FBI, it’s considering the Russia-based app as a potential national security threat. In a Nov. 25 letter to Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, FBI assistant…

Facebook’s Libra stablecoin would be a serious threat to WeChat Pay, the payment service’s parent company Tencent admitted in a recent blockchain whitepaper. Asian news outlet EjinSight reported on Oct. 24 that in the document Tencent…

“It’s almost like the Explore Tab that we have on Instagram” said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in leaked audio of him describing TikTok during an all-hands meeting. But it’s not. TikTok represents a new form of social entertainment that’s…

Mysuru: “Educational institutions should make a paradigm shift from information loading to exploring human intelligence,” opined Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev after unveiling the busts of Rajaseva Prasaktha Ambale Subramanya Iyer and Educationist…

Phishing remains a serious security problem. According to some reports, one in every 101 emails are malicious and most of those use some form of phishing as a primary scamming tactic. Most people are aware of phishing, but we only look out…

New research has revealed that removable USB media devices such as flash drives pose a significant and intentional cybersecurity threat to a wide array of industrial process control networks. A report from Honeywell found that nearly half…

Tales From the Crypto Wondering if you should invest in bitcoin or ether? Or worried that under-regulated cryptocurrencies could destroy the world economy? This week, two separate groups released new cryptocurrency reports. Depending on…