Don’t wait - update your phone’s software.
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The news that malware can invade iPhones and other Apple devices via the Safari web browser has damaged Apple’s reputation for security. But you can fix the problem by updating your phone’s software.
What these people are seeing isn’t real – but they might think it is.
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As the internet-connected world reels from revelations about personalized manipulation based on Facebook data, a scholar of virtual reality warns there’s an even bigger crisis of trust on the horizon.
Detailed digital forensics could help make everyone safer online.
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An ultra-safe industry has important experience that could help a vulnerable new industry improve its safety.
The public disclosures Uber has made so far make it very difficult to identify Australians caught up in the data breach.
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Uber has admitted that the 2016 data breach puts at risk the personal information of 57 million users.
Staff at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks in May 2017.
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Like legitimate e-commerce, ransomware e-crime is increasing in scale, value and sophistication.
Online retailing is a relatively new phenomenon and a small element of retailing in Africa.
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The rapid penetration of internet technologies in Africa provides hope for e-commerce’s continued growth. Potential online stores need to understand what draws or pushes customers away.
Online credit card fraud is on the rise in Australia. What can we do?
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The banks are dealing with rising rates of online credit card fraud, but they can’t fix it on their own.
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UK politicians are planning very different approaches to data privacy, security and surveillance.
‘No, I absolutely do not wish to change my password, thanks.’
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If security advice from government agencies doesn’t ring true, customers won’t take it – which puts us all at risk.
Who’s giving you advice?
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Where people get advice about online safety may affect how safe they are.
Think to log in, please.
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It may sound like science fiction, but research shows that all you really need to develop brain biometrics is a set of earphones.
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The darknet, like the open internet, is not immune from illegal activity. But many darknet users are there in search of ‘hacker ethics’ values such as privacy and free speech.
Believe it or not but ‘123456’ and ‘password’ are still used by people today as passwords.
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Tech giant Microsoft wants to rid the world of “dumb” passwords to improve online security. But maybe it’s the password itself we should dump.
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If the banks can’t trust each other’s messages, can you trust the banks?
An Internet of the future, where every network connection could be secure.
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Developing tools to weed out would-be attackers from the world’s most-used privacy and anonymity system.
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The battle between personal privacy and national security online continues.
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UK plc has a cybersecurity mountain to climb.
Cyber crime costs South Africa between R2,5 billion and R5,8 billion annually.
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South Africans are being targeted by cyber criminals. Consumers are fleeced because their passwords make them vulnerable.
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The restructure Google should look at the world’s big challenges rather than create solutions to problems that don’t exist yet.
Quantum key distribution technology can be implemented with single photons using an optical channel to encrypt any data transmission.
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There will be a quantum leap in securing online confidentiality with key distribution technology.