Cybersecurity Insights interview with Malcolm Harkins

Ransomware is a growing scourge. Is it possible to eradicate this entire class of attacks? I think it is but in today’s Cybersecurity Insights interview I have a lively debate with Malcolm Harkins on criminalizing ransomware payments and different approaches to undermine Ransomware attacks!

I truly like vigorously debating…

SUMMARY

Cybersecurity will continue to rapidly gain in both relevance and importance in 2022 as the world relies more upon digital technologies and unknowingly embraces the increasing accompanying risks of innovation. …

Cybersecurity Insights interview with Alexander Stein

Technology can be mesmerizing. We are all lured by the seemingly endlessly tantalizing stream of emerging technologies that promise to connect and enrich our lives. But there is a potential dark side. For every great innovative benefit, there are accompanying risks.

Technology risks are often ignored, to the detriment…

AI tech is a powerful tool. The original photo (left) was cleaned-up with an AI deep learning algorithm (Image source: from Murilo Gustineli) and restoring tremendous clarity.

The AI researchers outline their progress in their white paper Towards Real-World Blind Face Restoration with Generative Facial Prior (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.04061) …

I recently presented to a small group on why cybersecurity is becoming more difficult over time, despite all the money and effort that is being applied. …

I like the concept of ‘banning’ the sale of offensive cyber weapons to potential adversaries, but what defines technology as offensive versus defensive?

Israel just announced it will ban the sales of hacking and surveillance tools to 65 countries: https://amp.thehackernews.com/thn/2021/11/israel-bans-sales-of-hacking-and.html

Tech is just a tool. It is how you use…