cybersecurity

  • The State of Mobile Security: Verizon Index Reveals Alarming Trends

    The State of Mobile Security: Verizon Index Reveals Alarming Trends

    Your phone is an extension of yourself, but it’s also a gateway to your personal data. Unfortunately, many of us are leaving our digital doors wide open – and the consequences can be devastating. The latest Verizon Mobile Security Index sheds light on some alarming trends in mobile security, from password pitfalls to app vulnerabilities.

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  • Using Sentiment Analysis to Detect Insider Threats: It’s Not All About Time and Place

    This is my first attempt to use AI tools like NotebookLM and ChatGPT to help dissect a white paper. The paper I chose to analyze is: Sentiment classification for insider threat identification using metaheuristic optimized machine learning classifiers If you are in a hurry here is the abstract of the paper: This study examines the

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  • Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 10/14/24

    Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 10/14/24

    In the past month, the Internet Archive has faced significant cybersecurity challenges, including a major attack on October 9, 2024, that involved a DDoS assault, a data breach affecting 31 million user accounts, and website defacement. This prompted a temporary shutdown of the site for security enhancements. However, on October 20, hackers exploited unrotated API

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  • Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 10/7/24

    Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 10/7/24

    Each week I publish interesting articles and ways to improve your understanding of cybersecurity. Projects Videos Articles

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  • Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 9/30/24

    Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 9/30/24

    Each week I publish interesting articles and ways to improve your understanding of cybersecurity. Projects Videos Articles

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  • Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 9/23/24

    Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 9/23/24

    Each week I publish interesting articles and ways to improve your understanding of cybersecurity. This week Cybernews says that one-third of the US population’s background info is now public! Projects Videos Articles Podcasts

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  • Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 9/16/24

    Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 9/16/24

    Each week I publish interesting articles and ways to improve your understanding of cybersecurity. How much does a data breach cost? It could cost you 13 million as AT&T found out this week. Projects Videos Articles Podcasts

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  • Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 9/9/24

    Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 9/9/24

    Every week I publish interesting articles and ways to improve your understanding of cybersecurity. This week Transport for London (TfL) disclosed that they were hacked. Projects Videos Articles Podcasts

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  • Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 9/2/24

    Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 9/2/24

    Every week I publish interesting articles and ways to improve your understanding of cybersecurity. This week learn about a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was charged with acting as an agent for the Chinese government. Projects Videos Articles Podcasts

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  • Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 8/26/24

    Weekly Cybersecurity Wrap-up 8/26/24

    Every week I publish interesting articles and ways to improve your understanding of cybersecurity. This week learn about Chinese hackers penetrating US internet providers and OpenAI hiring insider threat positions to watch their own employees. Projects Videos Articles Podcasts

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