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Cybercrime evolves quickly, so banks have to move at pace to keep their apps secure. But users have a role to play as well.
Many factors shape an individual’s risk for falling prey to deception, including where and how they are targeted.
The consequences of cyber conflict are primarily felt by civilians, who call for retaliation, fueling cycles of violence.
Recent studies have shown fraud is an even bigger problem than people realise.
Cybercriminals don’t take breaks, so you shouldn’t ever drop your guard.
AI could allow cybercriminals to operate with greater efficiency, targeting more people at once.
Cyber bank fraud is on the rise. Here are some important ways to protect yourself.
Artificial intelligence is escalating the battle between spam senders and spam blockers. Recent advances could mean more convincing pitches to get you to click, buy and give up personal information.
Powerful AI tools available to anyone with an internet connection make it easy to impersonate someone’s voice, increasing the threat of phone scams.
Email fraud is getting more personal.
Scam techniques that rely on human nature are increasingly being executed via technology. Here are five that recorded big increases in 2021.
One of a hacker’s most valuable tools is the phishing attack, and you might be unwittingly making the hacker’s job easier by leaving useful information about you online.
Here’s what happens when you scan one of those ubiquitous two-dimensional black-and-white patterns, and why the FTC urges you to use caution.
Data breaches have become a fact of life. Here are articles from The Conversation that detail the threat, why it happens and what you can do to protect yourself.
Weirdness is a clue about fraudulent email messages. But it takes more than a sense that something’s wrong to get people to investigate.
An increasing number of cyberattacks threaten critical infrastructures. These attacks exploit weaknesses in outdated and insecure systems.
Australians are being bombarded with ‘missed parcel’ SMS messages that aren’t as they seem…
Crude text scams, sent en masse, only have to work a handful of times to make criminals significant sums of cash.
If you’re reluctant to share your password, or broadcast a team password in Slack in a groupchat, your instincts are correct. But mocking those who ‘do the wrong thing’ is unlikely to help.
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University at Buffalo
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor of Information Science and Cybersecurity, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, De Montfort University
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Associate Professor in Auditing at the School of Accountancy, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Aberystwyth University
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Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management, Texas A&M University
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Research Associate Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Cyber Security, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Post-doctoral Associate in Computer Science, Dartmouth College
