The rise of digital connectivity has brought immense benefits to society, but it has also introduced new and evolving cyber risks. Among the most destructive threats in recent years is ransomware, a type of attack that encrypts critical files and demands payment for their release. These attacks don’t discriminate—individuals, entrepreneurs, and large organizations alike have found themselves locked out of…
Cyber warfare is typically described as a cyberattack or series of cyber strikes targeted at a certain nation. It has the capacity to devastate government and civilian infrastructure and disrupt essential systems, resulting in state harm and perhaps death. However, there is a dispute among cyber security professionals over what constitutes cyber warfare. The US Department of Defense (DoD) recognizes…
Google has laid off 12,000 employees. Amazon and Microsoft have laid off a total of 28,000 employees. Twitter has apparently laid off 5,200 employees. Meta (Facebook, etc.) laid off 11,000. This is simply the tech behemoths and practically all of the employees searching for new jobs are, by definition, tech-savvy – and some will be cyber security experts. Layoffs are…
Ransomware assaults in following years of COVID-19 have revealed how increasingly at-risk companies are, regardless of size, maturity, industry, or country. The use of malicious software to encrypt and/or exfiltrate a target’s data and then demand payment under the threat of sharing it with the world or making it permanently inaccessible increased by nearly 150% in March of last year,…
How can society maximize the advantages provided by generative artificial intelligence (AI) while minimizing the possible drawbacks, especially the unknown cybersecurity risks? This is where ENISA, the cybersecurity agency of the European Union, comes in. On Wednesday, ENISA organized a symposium in Brussels with the stated goal of discussing “key elements of cybersecurity in AI systems as well as challenges…
