Memory makes AI agents more useful, but it can also allow malicious instructions to remain hidden and influence decisions long after an attack.
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A cybersecurity researcher explains how hackers target small computers that control a water system’s tanks, pipes and valves.
Hackers have easier ways of getting information out of a computer, but side-channel vulnerabilities show that technology developers need to take a broad view of security.
A cyberattack on a US corporation illustrates how state-aligned hackers operate, and how damage in war today isn’t always readily visible or geographically confined.
The US used a cyberattack to turn off power in Caracas during the raid to seize Maduro. The US grid is also vulnerable to this kind of attack.
After two cyber incidents in as many weeks, attention has focused on how the hacks happened. The harder question is how to prevent a repeat.
Anthropic says its Claude Code tool was used in a sophisticated, automated campaign to steal sensitive information.
If you want to try Atlas, the advice is straightforward: extreme caution.
The triple whammy of deep staff cuts, shutdown furloughs and the expiration of an information-sharing law leaves national cybersecurity in a perilous state.
Cybercrime is now a service that crooks can pay for to target businesses for extortion.
Individuals, organisations, countries and AI developers all have a role to play.
With cyber crime groups constantly shifting tactics and getting creative, we all must stay vigilant – especially if we work at large companies.
Ritual apologies after data breaches only go so far. We need better laws to stop these incidents happening at all.
What happens next when your data is leaked in a data breach like the one at Qantas? Cyber criminals have creative ways to get what they want.
But there are some simple steps you can take to keep your personal information safe.
The well-respected Cyber Safety Review Board investigated some of the worst cyber security attacks in US history. Now, it faces an uncertain future.
Ever feel like throwing up your hands and giving up on taking control of your online security? How technology companies market their cybersecurity products might have something to do with that.
If you’re tempted to do a make a couple of cheeky payments while waiting for the band to come on, think again.
There are many ways of breaking into your devices. Make sure you safeguard against them.
AI could help close cybersecurity vulnerabilities at offshore wind farms.
Top contributors
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management, Texas A&M University
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Assistant Professor of Global Security, American University School of International Service
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Lecturer in Intelligence and Security, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Adjunct Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds
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Adjunct Instructor in Cybersecurity, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate professor, Charles Sturt University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Old Dominion University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University