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Tech & Science Daily podcast: Black Friday scams and how to avoid them

To raise awareness of potential scams around Black Friday Global Cybersecurity Advisor Jake Moore has spoken to Tech & Science Daily about how to avoid being scammed.

Evening Standard

British man will be deported back to the UK from Denmark under post-Brexit rules

Will Hill, 37, is heartbroken to be leaving behind his cybersecurity career and his fiancee, Ida Bøgelund Larsen in Denmark due to post-Brexit rules

Daily Mirror

What the world would lose with the demise of Twitter: Valuable eyewitness accounts and raw data on human behavior, as well as a habitat for trolls

What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security threats and vulnerabilities, a wildfire watcher who tracks the spread of forest fires, and public health professionals trying to predict enrollment in health insurance exchanges have in common?

The Conversation

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North Korea's internet temporarily knocked offline, researcher says

North Korea's internet was hit by the largest outages in months on Thursday, a cybersecurity researcher told Reuters, after similar service interruptions in January were blamed on suspected cyber attacks.

Reuters

Black Hat Brings Together Cybersecurity Experts in Riyadh

A flock of experts, speakers, and ethical hackers have gathered in Saudi Arabia to partake in Black Hat, a cybersecurity event organized to provide a platform of communication for people interested in cybersecurity and expertise exchange in this field. Black Hat has been organized this year following the success achieved…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Neurodiverse women sought for jobs at GCHQ and BAE Systems

Organisations want hire more women with autism, dyslexia and ADHD to work in cybersecurity roles

The Guardian - UK

Australia is considering a ban on cyber ransom payments, but it could backfire. Here's another idea

First Optus, now Medibank; in less than two months we’ve experienced two of the largest personal data breaches in Australia’s history. In both cases the hackers attempted, and failed, to extort a ransom in exchange for not releasing personal data.

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AI at World Cup 2022 to check crowds, control climate

Tech hub that uses AI to keep an eye on the spectators, predict crowd swells and control stadium temperature.

Al Jazeera

Abortions, drug use exposed in cyberattack on Australian health insurer

When the Australian health insurer Medibank Private Ltd was hit with a ransomware attack last month, it provided regular updates to its customers, including the revelation that personal information from nearly 10 million of them was exposed. It also followed the government’s guidance on how to respond to the extortion…

Bangkok Post

Ban looms for data breach ransom payments

The federal government is examining whether to ban companies from paying ransoms to hackers should they suffer a data breach.

AAP

‘Weaponised app’: Is Egypt spying on COP27 delegates’ phones?

Security analysts warn Egypt’s ‘highly intrusive’ app for Sharm el-Sheikh climate talks can monitor communications.

Al Jazeera

Cybercrime insurance is making the ransomware problem worse

Cybercrime insurance is making the ransomware problem worse During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was another outbreak in cyberspace: a digital epidemic driven by ransomware.

The Conversation

Chinese Spyware Targets Uyghurs through Apps

Cybersecurity researchers said they have found evidence of Chinese spyware in Uyghur-language apps that can track the location and harvest the data of Uyghurs living in China and abroad. Uyghurs are a Turkic Muslim minority predominantly in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, where a recent UN report said Beijing may…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How to switch health insurers if you're worried about cybersecurity, costs or claims

More than half of Australians hold private health insurance. About one quarter, or almost four million people, are members of Medibank, Australia’s largest health insurer and the company at the centre of the current cybersecurity breach.

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A 29-year-old hacker on landing his six-figure dream job in cybersecurity

William Sparks always wanted to be a hacker. It turned out a job in cyber security—an industry expected to grow nearly 80%—fit the bill.

ABC News

Medibank hack a 'dog act', cybersecurity expert tells Q+A, before suggesting sometimes paying ransoms needs to be considered

Twitter is labelled Elon Musk's "cesspool" on Q+A as Malcolm Turnbull's former cybersecurity advisor says hackers deserve to face harsh penalties, but that hacking targets sometimes should consider paying up to protect exposed customers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Al-Nasr: NEOM Has a Strict Strategy to Secure Data, Information

The CEO of NEOM, Eng.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Calls for Involving Governments in Protecting Energy Sector against Cybersecurity Threats

While Saudi Arabia’s classification in cybersecurity jumped to second place globally, the Kingdom has accomplished one of its initiatives in empowering women adopted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the first edition of the Global Cybersecurity Forum (GCF). Women’s participation in the cybersecurity sector has increased from 7% to…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia to Host MENA’s Largest Cybersecurity Event

Saudi Arabia will host the international Black Hat event in mid-November, the largest cybersecurity event in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), bringing together the most important cybersecurity experts worldwide. The event is organized in cooperation between the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming, and Drones (SAFCSP) and Informa…

Asharq Al-Awsat

100 Countries Discuss in Riyadh Bridging Global Cybersecurity Gap

Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the second edition of the Global Cybersecurity Forum is scheduled to kick off on Wednesday. The forum is the pioneering global platform in opening knowledge aspects on cybersecurity issues. It will witness the participation of…

France 24

COP27 app gives Egypt’s Sisi access to every move attendees make

Egyptian authorities have unveiled a COP27 application to "help" participants at the climate change summit in Sharm El Skeikh, which ends on November 18. But NGOs and cybersecurity experts warn that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime can very easily and effectively use the app to surveil attendees, including top diplomats…

Roll Call

‘Rampant disinformation’ seen undermining safe voting technology

Federal and state officials reduced the risk that voting systems can be breached, but that doesn't stop the spread of such talk.

The Conversation

America's election systems are more than just machines – they're people, who are overworked, underpaid and feeling pressured

When people think about making elections secure, they often think about voting machines, cybersecurity and mechanical threats. They don’t think about people.

The Guardian - US

Fears mount that Cop27 app could be used by Egypt to surveil regime’s critics

Cybersecurity experts warn that official Cop27 climate app requires access to a user’s location, photos and even emails

Roll Call

Warner warns of cyberthreats to health care industry - Roll Call

The health care sector faces increasing pressure from cyberattacks while it deals with old equipment and systems, Sen. Warner’s office warns.

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