Preventing WhatsApp Hacks: Lessons from a Real Incident
My father’s WhatsApp account got hacked last night. It wasn’t due to any tech vulnerability. He had absent-mindedly clicked on a link sent by a friend while he was on a phone call. Turns out his friend’s account had been compromised, and he had clicked on
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Combatting Online Harassment: Safety & Wellbeing Tips
If you are in charge of safety and wellbeing – at work, school, or home – you need to know this: Online harassment is a grave danger, with real impacts on mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. At a training session with university students, we highlighted some
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Human-Centered Cybersecurity: People Over Tech
More investments in technology alone won’t improve cybersecurity outcomes. Investing in people will, this is why a human-centered approach to cybersecurity makes perfect sense for organisations. At Cyber Security World Asia at Tech Week Singapore, I highlighted 3 aspects of this approach: 👥 How a proactive
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Prioritizing People for Cyber Resilience Success
Amid the complex cybersecurity challenges we face today, how can we build a cybersecurity workforce equipped with the skills, knowledge, and resilience needed to safeguard our digital future? I discussed this with my fellow panellists at the Empowering Cyber Resilience Summit. I highlighted that bringing people
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Keep Your Kids Safe Online: A Comprehensive Guide
How can we future-proof our children in a complex and increasingly unsafe digital world, precipitated by AI and other technological developments? It was an absolute pleasure to answer this question and share strategies from concerned fellow parents on: ⚠️Online threats to our kids (such as screen
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Social Media access to Children
Social media is addictive, and it is designed to be that way. So, parents, please think carefully before granting your child access to social media.
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Singapore Battles Against Deepfakes
Singapore Battles Against Deepfakes, Consent, and Digital Harms in the AI Age (16 Dec 2024): Globally, deepfakes, powered by artificial intelligence (#ai), continue to be a big safety and security problem for individuals, organisations, and societies. In our recent commentary, Gulizar Haciyakupoglu, PhD and I discuss
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Unmasking Deepfakes and Disinformation:
“Unmasking Deepfakes and Disinformation: Integrating Behavioural Sciences with Cybersecurity to Fortify Digital Defences” was a huge success! We explored cutting-edge strategies to tackle digital deception and heard from leading experts in the field. A very big thank you to our speakers Dr. Casey How and Dr.
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Internet is dangerous place
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬. Many studies have shown that #women are more likely than men to be the target of, and impacted by, #onlineharms such as online harassment, including sexual harassment. As a mother of two girls, it has become
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ISC2’s Cybersecurity Workforce Study 2023
What does a cozy group of #women in #cyber talk about when we finally meet? Neha Malhotra Zi Xuan Low Sneha Sridhar Allies, opportunities, trials & tribulations, workplace culture, burnout, and an overarching passion for #cybersecurity. Community, equal opportunity, and support is key to elevating the
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