Threat Intel’s ‘History of…’ series will look at the origins and evolution of notable developments in cyber security. — It’s difficult to remember a time when you could sit in a café where people were having real-life conversations with other people sitting in the same café. These days, most coffee drinkers are too busy staring down at the tiny computer held in their hands. …

These days, cyber crime is a regular part of the news, with mega breaches, malware outbreaks, and cyber heists making headlines. And while black hat hackers may achieve notoriety when they commit their crimes or, more accurately, when they get caught, journalists are a fickle bunch and tend to quickly…

Welcome to Threat Intel’s #WednesdayWisdom column, which aims to help improve your cyber security knowledge and keep you informed on important developments. What do IBM, Google, Lockheed Martin, the National Security Agency, Microsoft, AT&T, Airbus, and Fujitsu have in common? They all want a piece of the quantum cake. All…

It seems like every film and TV show these days has some reference to hacking. After all, computers are a ubiquitous part of modern life. Some of us work all day on a computer then go home and play games on one, watch TV on one, have one strapped to…

Threat Intel’s ‘History of…’ series will look at the origins and evolution of notable developments in cyber security. Cyber security folks were giving names to malware for decades, while vulnerabilities had to make do with plain old Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) numbers, but that all changed in 2014, when…

Welcome to Threat Intel’s #WednesdayWisdom column, which aims to help improve your cybersecurity knowledge and keep you informed on important developments. Whether you’re partial to a bit of zombie slaying in the latest installment in the Resident Evil franchise, prefer hunting something a little less scary and a lot more…

Threat Intel’s ‘History of…’ series will look at the origins and evolution of notable developments in cyber security. Humans and software really aren’t that different when it comes to being exploited. Vulnerabilities in both software and people can be taken advantage of by attackers to get what they want. …