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Next round of Zoom updates targets consumer security
Computer Weekly
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How to secure Zoom, Houseparty and other video conferencing apps
We can all take steps to increase the security of video conferencing apps. This guide explains how. General tips Some general actions enhance the security of all video conferencing apps, such as: 1. Updating software Software updates patch known vulnerabilities and...
What’s up with firms still shunning instant messaging?
Wealth Briefing
Holistic cyber hygiene education: Accounting for the human factors
Cybersecurity is paramount in modern cyber defense. One important factor linked to reducing human-instigated breaches of cybersecurity includes cyber hygiene. Cyber hygiene is the adaptive knowledge and behavior to mitigate risky online activities that put an...
Technological change in the retirement transition and the implications for cyber security vulnerability in older adults
Retirement is a major life transition, which leads to substantial changes across almost all aspects of day-to-day life. Although this transition has previously been seen as the normative marker for entry into older adulthood, its influence on later life has remained...
Security: Human nature and behaviour
In this chapter we use a social psychology approach to discuss people’s behaviour in relation to cybersecurity, by considering human errors, personality traits, the relationship between attitude and behaviour and the influence of social and situational factors. Human...
Why some people may take more security risks when working remotely
And a free resource to ensure they don’t... It’s 9:30am on a Wednesday and CybSafe’s Sam Oliver looks a little odd. He’s just joined a regular CybSafe meeting. It’s a meeting to which Sam usually wears business dress. But today Sam is dressed casually. And he isn’t...
Gotcha! Behavioural validation of the Gullibility Scale
Every year online scams cause substantial emotional and financial adversity. A recently developed self-report measure of gullibility has the potential to provide insight into how individual differences in gullibility are related to susceptibility to scams. The current...
Working from home? How to stay in touch and stay secure
The Guardian
Paid software and services available for free during the pandemic from Microsoft, Facebook and more
TechRadar Pro
What coronavirus small business help is available for free?
Small Business
‘Major data breaches are far too common, with human error often being a cause’
Silicon Republic
Happy developers in mature teams make secure software: Study
SC Magazine
5 Questions with… CybSafe CEO Oz Alashe
CBR Online
CybSafe offers free cybersecurity awareness modules
Channel Info
Cyber security behaviour of smartphone users through the lens of Fogg Behaviour Model
Many theories from behavioural science like the theory of planned behaviour and protection motivation theory have been used to investigate the factors that affect the cybersecurity behaviour and practices of the end-user. In this paper, the researchers have used Fogg...
Human behaviour in cyber security
The aim of this research is to identify the history of cyber threats and define the cyber security system. Moreover, highlight the human behavior and factor that influencing the security system supported by a qualitative research that are done by interviewing...
HP announces new lockdown-friendly security solutions
IT Pro
Six security essentials for those working from home
The COVID-19 outbreak is promoting remote working. Here’s how to minimise cyber risk when working from home 1. Use company-approved devices Mental blueprints dictate how we behave in any given situation. Our blueprints might prompt us to use personal laptops...
Cyber criminals are using COVID-19 cover stories in new phishing attacks
Here’s how to spot and stop the attacks Criminals are using COVID-19 stories to convince people to do things they’d never normally do. In one deplorable scam, cyber criminals email elderly targets. The criminals claim they represent medical organisations. They ask for...