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Is it wrong for victims of cyber-crime to hack back?
When cyber-attackers continue to elude identification, does it still make sense to defer to the authorities?
Cyber Security
A plan for making the cyber world safe
With the world more digitally interconnected than ever before, cybersecurity will face critical challenges and opportunities.
Cyber Security
Why should we care about cyber resilience? Because $445 billion is at stake
This is why businesses need to start thinking more about cyber risk.
Cyber Security
AI everywhere, skills for jobs that don't yet exist and other must-read stories for the weekend
A round-up of the top stories from the past seven days, including why it's worth investing in women's sport and trends and divisions in European innovation.
Brain Research
The latest cyber security threat? Brainjacking
Today, nearly everything can be hacked, from cars to lightbulbs. But perhaps the most concerning threat is the one posed by implanted medical devices.
Cyber Security
If two countries fought a cyber war, what might it look like?
Bill Buchanan, head of the Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University, on the potential consequences of cyber attacks.
Cyber Security
Chess, card fraud and what we need to do about it
Contactless cards present a significant fraud risk, and this is what we can do about it, writes Steven J. Murdoch.
Cyber Security
Cyber resilience: everything you (really) need to know
Cybersecurity is not enough. These days you need to be cyber resilient
Cyber Security
Hackable X-ray machines and other risks of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
These are just some of the risks associated with the internet of things.
Cyber Security
3 ways to fight cyber criminals
Governments and businesses are in an arms race with cyber criminals. Here's how to win.
Cyber Security
Data protection isn't just about firewalls. It's about brick walls too
Companies shouldn't ignore physical security measures, when it comes to protecting data.
Cyber Security
Cybercrime: how safe is your company?
Cybercrime has become a major threat to business, and it’s something that businesses everywhere are becoming painfully aware of.
Cyber Security
Could a cyber attack cause a financial crisis?
Although cyber events present a serious risk to the well-being of financial institutions, are they a systemic concern?
Cyber Security
This is how blockchain will change your life
Blockchain can benefit every business, institution, government and individual benefit in profound ways, write Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott.
Cyber Security
Instagram is filling up with fake goods. And organized crime’s the winner
That counterfeit handbag has a high cost: it's lining the pocket of criminals and terrorists. And they're using social media to build their fake fashion empires.