This stay-at-home mom took a cybersecurity boot camp and landed an over $75,000 a year job at a NASA contractor

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Tammy Hinkle
Tammy Hinkle.

Tammy Hinkle

6 reasons small businesses can feel more optimistic about cybersecurity

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By Meg Anderson, vice president and chief information security officer at Principal®

You can win $50,000 if you successfully hack a US government satellite

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A satellite over the Earth's surface.

Michael Dunning

AI is about to turn the internet into a total nightmare

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AI bots and AI-generated content are flooding the internet with spam, scams, and misinformation. And it's making it a nightmare to be online.

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A 2020 hack of the Japanese military was tied to cyberspies from China's People's Liberation Army

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Marching honor guards shout as US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford is welcomed by his Chinese counterpart, chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Gen. Fang Fenghui

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Thousands of employees in the US Department of the Interior are using accounts that are easily hacked

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The Department's most used password was "Password-1234," according to the report.

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Google is asking a group of employees to work without internet to curb cyberattacks, report says

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Russian security agents have been using a secret network of corrupted computers to spy on NATO for decades, but the US just busted it open, feds say

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A view shows decorations installed ahead of Victory Day, marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in front of the Federal Security Service (FSB) building on Lubyanka Square in Moscow

If you get an email from Walmart, there's a good chance it's fake. Here's why.

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Walmart's name was used in 16% of phishing attempts in early 2023, a study found.

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Google is replacing passwords with passkeys for more security — here's how they're different

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Passkeys can be enabled in your Google settings, and created for any site that you're required to log into.

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