Cybercrime

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The Wannacry Incident

By Tanzeer Hossain In May 2017, a ransomware attack known as "WannaCry" caused a worldwide crisis, severely disrupting computer systems...
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The Equifax Breach

By Tanzeer Hossain In September 2017, Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies, fell prey to one of the...
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Teaching your Nanna about Cyber Security

By Eve Ferguson. Most grandparents are now joining the world of smartphones, social media, internet banking and following the global...
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Users – The Weakest Link in Business Security Systems?

By Mustafa Obousy. Employees are proposed to be possibly the weakest link in a business in terms of its’ security...
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So, What’s Phishing?

By Amelia McGuigan (Cyber Security Student). After the fifth text message this week inviting me to click on a suspicious...
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MageCart attack

By Atul Periwal. What is Magecart? Magecart is the name assigned behind the world's biggest cyber attacks to a multinational...
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Cyber crime against women

By Atul Periwal. Women play a key role in transformative cultural, environmental and social changes essential for sustainable development. Occupying...
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Data breaches: A story that seems to never end

By Farhan Subhan. Throughout our time on planet Earth, there have been major developments in nearly all aspects of life;...
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Coronavirus: A cyber threat

By Atul Periwal. The outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) has halted the entire world for months and it’s not ended yet....
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Changing characteristics in private-public cybersecurity cooperation

By Kate Dinnison. 1. Techplomacy First came the creation of a U.S. Government ambassador to the Silicon Valley, then came...
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Darkweb crack-down spurs digital refugee crisis

  The FBI, DEA and Europol are celebrating the successful take-down of AlphaBay and Hansa, two of the Dark Web’s...
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An interview with Misha Glenny, author of ‘DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia’

By Kate Dinnison. We recently interviewed Misha Glenny, journalist and author of DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia. His 2011...