Five people died in a Halloween party shooting at an Airbnb in Orinda, California. More than 100 people turned up for the event, which had been previously advertised on social media as an “Airbnb mansion party.” As the media demands new information about the shooting, the authorities say that they h
Every headline-grabbing cyberattack unveils new sophisticated hacking techniques, but the attacker’s portrait remains the same: a modern-day professional with a strong sense of curiosity, patience, and social skills that thoroughly examines a company’s systems, takes note of every vulnerability, the
The past days have brought bad news for Huawei—and the worst might be yet to come. President Trump issued an executive order giving the federal government the power to bar American companies from doing business with foreign suppliers that could pose a threat to national security. Chinese firm H
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser has been the subject of unrelenting criticism and ridicule over the years—and not without reason. However, despite it being plagued with numerous security issues , some people are still using it, or at least have it installed on their computer. After all, how mu
91% of cyberattacks start with a phishing email . Why are they still so prevalent – and successful? It seems like every day another high-ranking employee falls for a scam and loses millions in company money. How long have security experts been fighting phishing attacks? How much damage can they c
Normally, updating system software as frequently as possible would be a good thing. You get new features, patch bugs, and keep your security software up to date with the latest threats. Unfortunately, in the case of Windows 10, it’s a bit more complicated. According to a recent Microsoft blog post
Anil Sabharwal, Vice President of Product at Google, advised governments and business everywhere about the future impact of the current boom of artificial intelligence (AI) on jobs and society. Sabharwal said that policymakers and academia must unite to establish improvements for all as tech gets
US Senators Jeff Flake and Chris Coons question Amazon about consumer privacy, after an incident last month when a woman from Portland told KIRO-TV that her Amazon Echo device had sent a recording of a private conversation to a random person in her contact list. Amazon later confirmed the
The well-known Women in the Workplace study carried out by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Company describes women’s position and attitudes in corporate America. According to the study, women remain underrepresented at every level in their career. While numbers vary from sector to sector, technology,
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (or HTTPS) is quickly becoming the norm for sites loaded with Chrome. Google announced in a blog post that the number of websites that protect traffic using HTTPS has increased consistently and considerably. Latest figures show that over 60% of the sites loaded
