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Saturday, December 17, 2022

Digital Baitballs and Shrinkage: a cybersecurity lesson from 2022

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A school of baitfish forming a ball to reduce predation (Shutterstock)  If 2022 has taught us anything about cybersecurity, it is this: our ...
Friday, July 22, 2022

Cobb's Guide to PC and LAN Security: the 30th anniversary of the first version

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The Stephen Cobb Complete Book of PC and LAN Security first appeared in print in 1992, an amazing 30 years ago. In celebration of this anni...
Monday, March 28, 2022

Big jump in losses due to Internet crimes in 2021, up 64% according to latest IC3/FBI report

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IC3/FBI internet crime data graphed by S. Cobb In 2021, the world came to rely on digital technologies even more than it had in 2020. Sadly,...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

From cyber-crime metrics to cyber-harm stories: shifting cybersecurity perspectives and cybercrime strategies

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Is measuring the amount of cybercrime important? I have argued that it is, and for several different reasons which I have presented in many ...
Thursday, March 18, 2021

As predicted, Internet crime surged in 2020, losses up 20% based on FBI and IC3 reports: analysis and opinion

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Losses to individual and business victims of internet crime in 2020 exceeded $4 billion according to the recently published 2020 Internet Cr...
Friday, March 05, 2021

Secu-ring video doorbells and other 'smart' security cameras: some helpful links

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Are you thinking of installing a video doorbell or smart security camera? Are you concerned about the security of the one you have already i...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

Data Privacy Day 2021: Selected data privacy reading and viewing, past and present

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For this Day Privacy Day—January 28, 2021—I have put together an assortment of items, suggested resources and observations that might prove ...
Tuesday, January 05, 2021

AI's most troubling problem? It's made of chips and code

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If we define "AI problem" as any obstacle to maximizing the benefits of Artificial Intelligence, it is clear that there are a numb...
Thursday, December 31, 2020

Cybersecurity had a rough 2020, but 50 recent headlines suggest the outlook for 2021 could be even worse

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Sadly, my annual outlook for cybersecurity has, for the past 20 years, been this: "things will get worse before they get better." ...
Thursday, November 05, 2020

Universal Recipe for Disaster: Works in Cyberspace as well as Meatspace (a plea to heed experts)

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Getting people to heed your warnings is one of the toughest aspects of being an expert, whether your specialty is epidemiology or criminolog...
Saturday, October 31, 2020

Thanks for reading and heeding. Please #BeCyberSmart! (Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Day 31)

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Vote for those committed to doing a lot more about cybersecurity than has been done so far This is blog post 31 of the 31 posts that I pledg...