Former Twitter security chief alleges in a whistleblower complaint gross security malpractice, with many employees having access to the social media platform’s code as well as user data.
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A computer security expert explains how keys work – and how they are like passwords.
Cloud services are convenient, but if an organization isn’t careful about how it uses them, the services can also give data thieves an opening.
Log4Shell is the latest hacker exploit rocking the internet, and it’s arguably the worst yet. The vulnerability is in an obscure piece of software used on millions of computers.
Most computer security focuses on software, but computer processors are vulnerable to hackers, too. An experimental secure processor changes its underlying structure before hackers can figure it out.
Women are underrepresented in technology fields, but especially so in cybersecurity. It’s not just a matter of fairness. Women are better than men at key aspects of keeping the internet safe.
Ensuring the integrity of democratic elections from hackers and electronic tampering, and boosting public confidence in democracy, isn’t very difficult, nor expensive.
Russian government agents allegedly penetrated US state and county election databases. Scholars of election security offer insight and recommendations about what to do now.
The Internet provides us with many services thanks to sites hosted by servers. These may be the victims of denial-of-service attacks that paralyze the entire server.
Researchers reveal the ways the US election system is under threat – only one of which has anything to do with Russia.
Chips from the biggest chipmakers – Intel, AMD and ARM – all contain serious security flaws.
Like legitimate e-commerce, ransomware e-crime is increasing in scale, value and sophistication.
How do malware analysts examine software that’s designed to wreak havoc with computers? By using tools that watch software’s inner workings very closely.
Apple’s design decisions don’t please everyone, but in the iPhone the company created something truly revolutionary that has lasted.
While voter fraud - despite recent allegations - is rare, how do we ensure the ballots we cast are counted accurately? If so, how? Our experts offer background and insight.
Having a nationwide firewall means trusting the same people who spy on communications.
With the DNC email leak and Trump calling on Russia to hack Clinton’s emails, concern about foreign meddling in the 2016 presidential election process is rising. Is e-voting the next cyber battleground?
Insecurity by design, as the FBI or UK government would have it, is pouring petrol on an already raging fire.
From Frodo to Skynet – the new Malware Museum shows how viruses reflect our culture and our fears.
An open letter signed by security experts from around the world is calling on governments to protect encryption rather than undermine it in a quixotic attempt to tackle terrorism.
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Computer Security, University of Wollongong
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Fellow of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway University of London
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Senior Lecturer law, ethics and sociology, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct associate professor (ANU) and CEO, Thinking Cybersecurity, Australian National University
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Media Specialist, Department of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Conj. Professor; Chief Research Scientist, UNSW Sydney
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PhD; Lecturer in Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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Adjunct Fellow, Computer Science and Software Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Director, Centre for Internet Safety, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
