Tag: education
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Paper: Hype heuristics, signatures and the death of AV (again)
David Harley responds to anti-malware’s many criticasters. Anti-virus is dead. After all, in the current threat landscape, who would use a system that relies on signatures of previously seen malware? At least, that’s what many security experts claim. ESET Senior Research Fellow David Harley has a long history in the security industry — so long…
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Indian government proposes pamphlet-based cybersecurity education
Mandatory brochures not welcomed by manufacturers. In an attempt to raise public awareness of security issues, the Indian government has proposed a plan in which it will be mandatory for every piece of new hardware sold in the country to include a brochure on cybersecurity – in the hopes that consumers will gen up on…
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UK funds allocated to cyber security
New spending on cyber security despite other public cuts. As the UK reels following the government’s announcement of the biggest public spending cuts in decades, one of the few areas to be allocated additional funds is that of cyber security. Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to spend £650 million over the next four years…
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Phil makes anti-phishing education child’s play
Researchers create game to raise awareness. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have created an interactive game designed to teach players how to identify phishing URLs and how to be aware of phishing dangers and fraudulent websites when navigating the Internet. The phishy game features, appropriately enough, a fish called Phil, who lives in ‘Interweb Bay’…