Tag: Phishing
How to protect yourself from drop account fraud – tips from...
Kurt Eichenwald, The Conversation
The types of crimes that use drop accounts are multiplying rapidly, but there are ways...
AI-generated spam may soon be flooding your inbox – and it...
John Licato, University of South Florida
Each day, messages from Nigerian princes, peddlers of wonder drugs and promoters of...
Voice deepfakes are calling – here’s what they are and how...
Matthew Wright, Rochester Institute of Technology and Christopher Schwartz, Rochester Institute of Technology
You have just returned home after...
Your digital footprints are more than a privacy risk – they...
Ravi Sen, Texas A&M University
When you use the internet, you leave behind a trail of data, a set...
You know how to identify phishing emails – a cybersecurity researcher...
Rick Wash, Michigan State University
An employee at MacEwan University got an email in 2017 from someone claiming to...
Cyberattacks to critical infrastructure threaten our safety and well-being
Jason Jaskolka, Carleton University https://narrations.ad-auris.com/widget/the-conversation-canada/cyberattacks-to-critical-infrastructure-threaten-our-safety-and-well-being
What would happen if you could no longer use the technological systems that you...
‘Internet of things’ could be an unseen threat to elections
Laura DeNardis, American University School of Communication
The app failure that led to a chaotic 2020 Iowa caucus was a reminder of how vulnerable the...
Craigslist turns 25 – a reminder that a more democratic version...
Jessa Lingel, University of Pennsylvania
Fake news. Online surveillance. Phishing scams. Biased algorithms.
It’s easy to be cynical about the internet, and harder to remember a...