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The future of the cybersecurity sector is unpredictable, however, professionals can upskill to meet the demands of the evolving industry. Ireland’s cybersecurity sector is critical to the country’s financial ecosystem, with figures from Cyber Ireland’s Cyber Security Sector Snapshot 2024 report showing that it has contributed €1.2bn to the economy in the last 12 months....Read More
A hacker appears to have broken into the Internet Archive, stealing information on millions of users. On Wednesday, the main domain for the site briefly displayed a pop-up, claiming the Internet Archive had suffered a “catastrophic security breach.” Several users spotted the mysterious pop-up before the Internet Archive’s main site at web.archive.org and its Wayback...Read More
SMU’s Dallas Hall [Photo courtesy of SMU] Southern Methodist University is launching a suite of fully online accelerated professional education programs designed for people seeking to advance in their industries—or to quickly pivot to a new field. The programs are offered through SMU’s Continuing and Professional Education (CAPE) unit and powered by Flatiron School. The...Read More
A new report details a startling discovery that Chinese state hackers accessed the networks of major US broadband providers, which were able to gain access to information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized wiretapping. The companies listed as being hacked include communications providers Verizon Communications, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies. While some poke...Read More
Two alleged administrators of the dark web marketplace Bohemia are now in custody, Dutch National Police said Tuesday. A 20-year-old British man appeared in court in Rotterdam this week following his arrest in June at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Another suspect, identified as 23-year-old Irishman Kevin Daniel Andrei, was arrested in August after an investigation...Read More
As cyber threats grow in sophistication and frequency, organizations are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to bolster their defenses. AI offers a new dimension to digital security by enhancing the ability to predict, detect and respond to attacks before they escalate. But the integration of AI in cybersecurity isn’t just about flashy technology or automating...Read More
To prevent a breach, governments can sometimes resort to “air gapping” a highly sensitive computer, or deliberately isolating it from the internet. But it looks like a hacking group known as GoldenJackal developed a way to bypass the restriction by spreading malware via pluggable USB drives. The findings come from cybersecurity provider ESET, which recently...Read More
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In today’s business landscape, cybersecurity has moved from being an IT issue to a critical board-level priority. With cybercrime expected to cost the world $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, C-suite executives and board members can no longer afford to delegate the responsibility to technical teams alone. Yet, many leaders continue to make fundamental mistakes in...Read More