The recent cyber-attack on the networks of the city of New Orleans caused millions of dollars of damage.  Last month, the city’s mayor had

  Fake news is a big problem for many reasons. The spread of the deadly Corona virus highlights the threat of fake news to public

Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have dominated headlines and generated a great deal of discussion in recent years. However, they have not yet permeated deeply into mainstream

On the New Year’s Eve, attackers used Sodinokibi ransomware to attack Travelex, a UK-based foreign exchange company. The hackers asked the company to pay $6m

Facebook recently shut down many fake pages, accounts and groups for spreading misinformation and fake news. It also removed hundreds of accounts that used artificial

Another breach of Facebook databases left the sensitive and important data of over 267 million Facebook users exposed online at the end of 2019.  The

Perhaps even more frightening than the increase in cyberattacks in recent months and years is the increase in number of organizations that are paying cybercriminals

Making History Singapore made history in November when it placed restrictions on Facebook using its new Fake News law. Singapore enacted the Protection from Online

  A popular ransomware called REvil (or Sodinokibi) recently struck again.  This time it targeted a data center belonging to CyrusOne, one of the biggest

Political ads, together with fake news, have been the bane of social media in recent years. Twitter and Facebook have struggled to put in controls