The Vanishing Safety Net of the Coding Degree
For most of the last two decades, a computer-science degree was the golden ticket of higher education. Parents pointed to
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Cloudflare’s Election-Day Heroics Highlight a Deeper Problem, Democracy Now Depends on a Single Private Gatekeeper
In early November 2024, the cyber “October Surprise” that many security analysts feared never arrived. Cloudflare, one of the world’s
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Cyber Shadows Over A Hot War: Why Iran-Israel Tensions Now Threaten Your Bank Account and Power Grid
Missiles, drones and televised air-raid sirens dominate the evening news, yet the most transformative front in the Iran-Israel confrontation is
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Meta Ramps Up AI Arms Race After Failed Bid for $30 Billion Startup
Meta Platforms has accelerated its push to close the talent gap in artificial intelligence, moving to recruit star AI entrepreneurs
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Google’s Quiet Patch and the Loud Wake-Up Call About Phone-Number Security
When news broke that an independent researcher had managed to uncover the recovery phone number for any Google account with
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7 Signs Your Computer Might Be Hacked (And What to Do About It)
You know that feeling when something just feels… off? You might dismiss it as paranoia, but when it comes to
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Brace for the AI-Powered Zero-Day Storm
In cybersecurity circles, the phrase “it’s not if but when” has long been a gloomy mantra. Now, with generative AI
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AI Won’t Replace Cybersecurity—But It Has Rewritten the Battlefield
Picture yourself as a garden-variety cyber-crook. Yesterday’s payoff came from flogging stolen credit-card numbers in shady forums. Today, armed with
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The Class of 2025 Meets a Different Cyber Job Market
For the better part of a decade, the narrative around cybersecurity hiring was simple: too many vacancies, not enough people.
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Can Google Escape Its Own Gravity?
When Sundar Pichai bounded onstage at Google I/O last week, he promised nothing less than “a total re-imagining of Search”.
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