In 1983 computer science Ph.D. student Fred Cohen developed a novel software program that would surreptitiously install itself on host computers and quietly surrender all rights, privileges, and data to Cohen. Upon seeing the extraordinary success of the software after it was tested on university computers, Professor Len Adelman commented

Artificial intelligence and machine learning tools could go a long way to helping to fight cybercrime. But these technologies aren’t a silver bullet, and could also be exploited by malicious hackers. 2020 has started as 2019 ended, with new cyberattacks, hacking incidents and data breaches coming to light almost every

An arms race — unseen, digital and all too little understood — is raging. The UK’s chief of the defence staff, Nick Carter, recently stated that “the risk of cyber warfare with Russia is now a greater threat than terrorism”. Companies are fighting to adapt to a reality where “hacktivists”,

Microservices architecture promises faster time to market, better scalability and loosely coupled components compared to monolithic builds. However, a conglomeration of several small autonomous services comes at a security cost — it complicates service-to-service communication, fragments data consistency and increases attack surfaces. When you are working in a microservices-based application,

Verizon’s 2020 Mobile Security Index shows two-fifths of healthcare organizations faced a mobile device compromise last year, with some admitting they sacrifice security “to get the job done,” thus increasing risk. Verizon recently released its third annual Mobile Security Index, which revealed 37 percent of healthcare organizations admit to sacrificing