Category: Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Happy 50th, Internet

Clare Holmes

The web has grown exponentially over the past 50 years but cybersecurity has been left behind...Continue Reading: Happy 50th, Internet

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A secret message! The fairytale of DKIM

tunc

Once upon a time, the brave and handsome king of Rubrum Colatorium decided to send his beautiful and wise queen a message from the battlefield. With enemies lurking all around, he needed to find a way to make sure no one got his hands on the secret communiqué. He put his letter in a…

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Cybersecurity

What the Hack?!

tunc

The Oxford Dictionary defines ‘hack’ as: “Cut with rough or heavy blows in an irregular or random fashion”. A second meaning follows: “Gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer.” It is this second meaning, that has caused controversy among many: ‘Hack’ used to have a positive feel; working on a tech…

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Cybersecurity

Don’t hit the panic button: What to do if you think you’ve…

Clare Holmes

We’ve included a walkthrough of how to avoid panic and address the essentials should you discover that you’ve become a hacking victim...Continue Reading: Don’t hit the panic button: What to do if you think you’ve been hacked

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Data privacy and security: talk less, do more

Clare Holmes

‘We take your privacy and security seriously’ appears in more than one-third of recent data breach notifications filed in the state of California. ...Continue Reading: Data privacy and security: talk less, do more

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The many guises of a phishing attack

Clare Holmes

News this week that highlighted the canny nature of scammers made us wonder whether we needed to start a glossary of phishing attacks. These attacks now come in many guises, and if you’re a computer user that isn’t privy to an underground network of caught-in-the-wild attack loggers, you may easily fall victim to one…

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