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Australians have lost more than $76 million to fraud so far this year. These are the tactics that online offenders use to dupe their victims.
It's impossible to be certain of safety while using Gmail, Yahoo mail and other web-based email systems. The best solution is a radical one: It's time to return to plain, text-only email.
Cyber Security Summer School is a chance for researchers to test their skills during live penetration testing.
To protect ourselves online, we should all understand a few key terms.
Nearly half of cybercriminals target small businesses. An expert explains how sole proprietors and entrepreneurs can boost cybersecurity without breaking the bank.
You know it's a serious problem when even Google and Paypal have been targeted.
Kenya recently expressed fear that Al-Shabaab could interfere with the electronic voting system during the upcoming general election. Are cyber attacks a real threat in Africa?
Despite years of public information efforts, even simple cyberattacks still succeed. Here are five steps to avoiding having your emails appear on WikiLeaks.
Internet fraud – or ‘yahoo-yahoo’ – has become a way of life for some young Nigerian con-artists.
We are deepening our understanding of why people fall victim to the attacks in the first place.
Cyberattacks are on the rise in South Africa. New legislation is important, but it won't solve the problem if it's not accompanied by user education.
Phishing attempts tend to rise during the festive season when people are more likely to respond to online marketing and to spend more money. How can you protect yourself?
No matter how strong an organization's cybersecurity, our own bad behavior could make us the "unintentional insiders" for the next big hack.
Cybersecurity is only as strong as the people behind the computer. And we often don't understand the risks when we click a link.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Computer security relies on a great number of links, hardware, software and something else altogether: you. The greatest threat to information security is…
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University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
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Senior Lecturer in Information Systems Management, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor in Auditing at the School of Accountancy, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Queensland University of Technology
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Lecturer Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre | PhD Candidate in Image Forensics and Cyber | Councillor, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Cyber Security, University of Portsmouth
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow in Digital Innovation and Wellbeing, University of Bristol
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Lecturer, Deakin University
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Lecturer of Criminology, Victimology, Deviance and Social Problems, University of Ibadan
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Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Director, Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University
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Advocate, Lecturer, University of Nairobi
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Professor of Cyber Security, Tallinn University of Technology
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Research Associate Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College
