Tag: Cybersecurity
Hackers seek ransoms from Baltimore and communities across the US
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The people of Baltimore are beginning their fifth week under an electronic siege that has prevented residents from...
Congress is considering privacy legislation – be afraid
Jeff Sovern, St. John's University
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis called privacy the “right to be let alone.” Perhaps Congress should give states trying to...
A secure relationship with passwords means not being attached to how...
Merrill Warkentin, Mississippi State University; Karen Renaud, Abertay University, and Robert Otondo, Mississippi State University
When you are asked to create a password – either...
Data breaches are inevitable – here’s how to protect yourself anyway
W. David Salisbury, University of Dayton and Rusty Baldwin, University of Dayton
It’s tempting to give up on data security altogether, with all the billions...
Clean up your cyber-hygiene – 6 changes to make in the...
Elissa Redmiles, University of Maryland
Data breaches, widespread malware attacks and microtargeted personalized advertising were lowlights of digital life in 2018.
As technologies change, so does...
Threats remain to US voting system – and voters’ perceptions of...
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
As the 2018 midterms proceed, there are still significant risks to the integrity of the voting system –...
30 years ago, the world’s first cyberattack set the stage for...
Scott Shackelford, Indiana University
Back in November 1988, Robert Tappan Morris, son of the famous cryptographer Robert Morris Sr., was a 20-something graduate student at...
Russians hack home internet connections – here’s how to protect yourself
Sandeep Nair Narayanan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Sudip Mittal, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
In late...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
