Cybersecurity

While tech leaders in Israel recognize the challenges of the hour, they are able to articulate the opportunities. Some told me trends expected to take five to ten years to mature ave boomed in three months.

Follow these simple steps to make sure your personal data and online activity are as secure as possible.

"It does appear to be more like a spy in a pocket rather than an app to help make an informed decision who to vote for," one security commentator told Newsweek.

Cybersecurity may be taking a backseat to physical safety during the coronavirus pandemic. But remember: Hacking can wreak physical havoc in the real world too.

This is a guide for parents to enable them to protect their kids online. Use this parental control app to monitor the online behavior of your children and keep them safe.

Millions of users of the popular internet browser are believed to have been affected by a widespread spying and data-theft scheme. Here's what we know.

"When a meeting is held across different countries, the participants within those countries are required to comply with their respective local laws," a Zoom spokesperson said on Wednesday.

The video-conferencing app plans to roll out additional protection to paying users and other "enterprise accounts."

Coronavirus has highlighted how the federal government still has a lot of work to do, when it comes to cybersecurity.

"Making up such rumors is convenient for the US government so that US politicians can dodge their own culpability and failures," China's state-run newspaper wrote.

The California-based video-calling company enjoyed an influx of new users as the coronavirus outbreak pushed countries into lockdown, but its security and privacy policies have come under fire.

"Fake stimulus check scams could be very successful considering the financial chaos coronavirus has unleashed on families worldwide," one top malware researcher told Newsweek.

"All Houseparty accounts are safe—the service is secure, has never been compromised, and doesn't collect passwords for other sites," the official Twitter account said today after hack rumors.

This new report examines the cyber risks and how critical infrastructure organizations can take steps to mitigate them by managing the IT, OT and physical realms.

From hacks to COVID-19 spear-phishing campaigns, there's no doubt the pandemic is aiding a surge in cybercrime.

Anything connected to the internet can be hacked. As digitized voting procedures become more common, wiping out technical difficulties and security risks is crucial.

Cybersecurity experts were able to access up to 900 million user records linked to the software that were allegedly being stored in a database without adequate password protection.

The zombie network was linked to a slew of malicious activity over the years, including pump-and-dump stock scams, fake pharmaceutical spam email, Russian dating scams, and ransomware.

If successfully downloaded, attackers can "run programs and access victims' data including sensitive personal and financial information," Proofpoint researchers warned.

Researchers discovered that this vulnerability could allow hackers to compromise platform encryption keys and steal sensitive information.

If a hacker monitored a misconfigured sever during the camera setup, they could "then stream video, take screenshots, record video, or play music using the obtained credentials," experts warned.

Forget about all those special characters and the cute personal cues you think only you can figure out. If you really want to keep fraudsters at bay, do this instead.

China's Computer Virus Emergency Response Center says malware was found to be circulating via email and the social networking platform WeChat. Experts say it may only get worse.

Microsoft is asking cybersecurity researchers and ethical hackers to report major flaws in its gaming network.

Photograph IDs, phone numbers and home addresses were allegedly among records found in a trove of data left online without password protection. The database was allegedly exposed for over a month.

Tehran could cause significant disruption with cyber attacks against the U.S. government, companies, high-profile individuals—and possibly even the 2020 elections.

Conspiracy theories fixate on a very simple story which acts as a fable for an overarching worldview, explains Philip Seargeant, a senior lecturer in applied linguistics at The Open University.

The Chinese owned application, which is viewed with suspicion by some U.S. politicians, has been deemed unsafe by top officials at the Navy - but it remains unclear just what the dangers may be.

"Two-factor authentication is more than needed," a security researcher told Newsweek. "People have to understand that they will not have any privacy with this kind of product."

If Wawa customers have shopped in stores between March 4 and December 12, 2019, it is highly likely that their data could have been compromised