Security

A new guide has been launched to help tackle the growing threat of domestic abusers using technology, like smart doorbells and mobiles, against older people.... Read more

A damaging cyberattack on Japanese beer giant Asahi this week has halted shipments from its breweries and there is no resumption in sight, the company warned Friday, fueling fears of shortages.... Read more

Maryland officials say no ransom was paid and services have been fully restored in the wake of a ransomware attack that exposed personal data and disrupted bus services at the state's transportation agency.... Read more

A hacker gained access to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's computer networks for several months earlier this year and stole information about FEMA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees, according to an overview of the incident.... Read more

In the near future, you may not need to touch a keypad to select a tip or pay for large purchases. All it may take is a swipe, tap or other quick gesture.... Read more

What do Tiger Woods, Ben Stiller, Australian pensioners and dating app users have in common? Despite being from different walks of life, they have all fallen prey to various scams.... Read more

In May 2018, the European Union (EU) implemented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a major component of EU privacy law. Privacy regulations like the GDPR have long been criticized by the online advertising industry as harmful to the digital economy. Critics argue that stricter privacy laws reduce online tracking,... Read more

Are you worried that artificial intelligence and humans will go to war? AI experts are. In 2023, a group of elite thinkers signed onto the Center for AI Safety's statement that "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics... Read more

Jaguar Land Rover on Monday said it will partially restart production in the coming days after a damaging cyberattack halted operations at its UK factories.... Read more

Harrods, the luxury British department store, has warned some customers that their personal data may have been taken in a breach of its online systems.... Read more

It's a sunny June day in southeast England. I'm driving along a quiet, rural road that stretches through the Kent countryside. The sun flashes through breaks in the hedgerow, offering glimpses of verdant crop fields and old farmhouses.... Read more

In the information age, multitasking is often worn as a badge of honor. But according to new research led by Xuecong Lu, assistant professor of information security and digital forensics in UAlbany's Massry School of Business, multitasking may also blind us to hidden threats, thereby increasing our chances of falling... Read more

Hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting banking customers could be unknowingly slapped with a fraud marker without even knowing about it.... Read more

Boyd Gaming Corp. isn't saying whether it paid a ransom to cybercriminals who broke into its internal information technology systems.... Read more

New insights into how and why people choose to adopt cloud computing services is reported in the International Journal of Services, Economics and Management. The research found that professional ambition often outweighs concerns about data security when signing up for such services.... Read more