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I’m a cyber-security expert – this is how I live to avoid getting hacked

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Jake Moore could hack into your WhatsApp account in just a few clicks. He isn’t a scammer, but he knows how they operate. He has been a cybercrime expert for 13 years and, as the former Police Head of Digital Forensics, he has seen most of the tricks. These days though, the tricks are becoming increasingly advanced.

According to data from the accounting firm BDO, the amount of online fraud committed in the UK more than doubled in 2023, costing £2.3 billion. UK Finance reported that romance scams and ID theft are among the fastest-growing categories with a total of 1.4m cases recorded.

William Wragg, a senior Conservative MP, recently fell victim to a targeted online scam. He admitted to handing over the personal phone numbers of colleagues, after being blackmailed by someone on the dating app Grindr.

Moore advises companies on how to avoid these sorts of ever-changing security risks. It starts with simple, daily habits. “I find it interesting that the more I talk to people about basic cybersecurity, the more I realise that people either don’t know about it, or they just put it off,” says Moore. “It’s like doing your insurance. It is a bit boring.”

But by putting off these easy, everyday steps, phone users are at increasing risk of alarmingly complex scams, from fake calls by AI voice software to webcam hacking. The secret to safety is consistency: “It’s all about that balance between security and convenience.”

Here, Moore shares what he does regularly to make sure his personal life is safe from fraud, and online blackmail.

I never send texts

Moore would never send an SMS text; not even an iMessage. These are too vulnerable to hacking, as they can be intercepted by third-party software. “WhatsApp offers end-to-end encryption, which is an absolute must. It means that the communication cannot be intercepted by anyone, even Meta, which owns WhatsApp,” he says.

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I tried the Danish art of doing nothing and realised how much of life passes me by

If a hacker can type into your texts, they can steal personal information needed to commit fraud.

“Going one step further. You can use platforms such as Signal. Everyone that I speak to in cybersecurity will use Signal for messaging as it is extremely privacy-focused,” says Moore. Both…

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Live Webinar | A Master Class on IT Security: Roger Grimes Teaches Ransomware MitigationWebinar.

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Fraud Management & Cybercrime
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Ransomware
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Video

Presented by
KnowBe4

    60 mins    

Live Webinar | A Master Class on IT Security: Roger Grimes Teaches Ransomware Mitigation

Cyber-criminals have become thoughtful about ransomware attacks; taking time to maximize your organization’s potential damage and their payoff. Protecting your network from this growing threat is more important than ever. And nobody knows this more than Roger Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4.

With 30+ years’ experience as a computer security consultant, instructor, and award-winning author, Roger has dedicated his life to making sure you’re prepared to defend against quickly evolving IT security threats like ransomware.

Register for this Masterclass with Roger to learn what you can do to prevent, detect, and mitigate ransomware.

Register for this session and learn:

  • How to detect ransomware programs, even those that are highly stealthy

  • Official recommendations from the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

  • The policies, technical controls, and education you need to stop ransomware in its tracks

  • Why good backups (even offline backups) no longer save you from ransomware

You can learn how to identify and stop these attacks before they wreak havoc on your network.

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Networking, a live hacking event & more at this year’s DefCamp cybersecurity conference in Bucharest

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DefCamp, a leading cybersecurity conference in the region, will hold its 13th edition this month, November 23-24. For the first time, this year’s edition features a live hacking event, where participants will try to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in computer systems in real-time, in addition to various networking and educational activities.

The Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions are a highlight of the event, attracting numerous competitors to DefCamp’s Hacking Village, the playground dedicated to cybersecurity education and knowledge development, with total prizes of up to EUR 100,000. 

The qualifiers for DefCamp Capture the Flag (D-CTF), the largest CTF competition in the Central and Eastern European region, attracted more than 600 teams from over 80 countries. Of these, the top 16 teams are invited to the final that will take place live and where participants from Romania, Italy, Norway, Germany, Greece, France, Austria, and Croatia are expected to participate.

“Year after year, we strive to provide participants with the right setting for information exchange, collaboration, and networking by bringing some of the most relevant international experts in the field to the conference stages. At the same time, we aim to further develop the cybersecurity knowledge learning and testing playground, Hacking Village, by designing new activities and increasingly stimulating challenges, and bringing together relevant partners. The live hacking event we are hosting this year will certainly be one of the hardest challenges for the participants, but it will also be equally rewarding,” said Andrei Avadanei, founder of DefCamp.

This year, in addition to D-CTF, DefCamp 2023 participants can compete in 12 other Hacking Village activities. The CyberEDU educational technical platform will host 7 of the 12 activities. Participants can choose from a range of hardware, software, and network hacking challenges, digital forensics, reverse engineering, and more.

“In addition to organizing Hacking Village competitions, DefCamp is becoming an increasingly relevant event for the industry, with each edition providing a training and development platform for cybersecurity enthusiasts,…

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Shark Tank Season 15 LIVE — Fans praise Arepas and ‘can’t wait to try them’ as Meggings fails to secure a deal

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Thousands of individuals apply to be on show

Shark Tank can receive more than 100,000 applications every season, through the show’s website or during open casting calls to “audition, according to MentalFloss.

The show has around 31 episodes per season and producers are usually looking to fill close to 100 slots.

TJ Hale, the host of Shark Tank Podcast, which follows up on contestants and keeps a log of show statistics says “The odds are against you,” appearing on the show.

Get to know the sharks: Robert Herjavec

Robert Herjavec is a businessman born on September 14, 1962, in Varaždin, Croatia.

When he was seven, he and his family moved to Canada, where he later graduated with an English and Political Science degree from the University of Toronto.

Herjavec is the founder of BRAK Systems, a Canadian integrator of internet security software.

He sold the company to AT&T Canada in 2000 for $30.2million.

Three years later, he founded the Herjavec Group, which is one of the largest information technology and computer security companies in Canada.

Herjavec has been featured on reality TV series such as CBC’s Dragons’ Den and Shark Tank.

Get to know the sharks: Daymond John

It is believed that businessman and motivational speaker Daymond John has a net worth of $350million.

“Daymond John has come a long way from turning a $40 budget into FUBU, a $6 billion fashion game-changer,” reads his website.

“Throughout his career, Daymond has continued to be an entrepreneur in every sense of the word.

“He is not only a pioneer in the fashion industry but a Shark on the 4-time Emmy Award winning Shark Tank, a New York Times best-selling author, branding guru, and highly sought-after motivational speaker.”

FUBU is an American hip-hop apparel company launched by John and others. FUBU stands for “For Us, By Us.”

Get to know the sharks: Mr. Wonderful

Kevin O’Leary was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 9, 1954. The 68-year-old is a businessman, author, politician, and television personality.

O’Leary has appeared in the business news programs SqueezePlay and The Lang and O’Leary Exchange.

Since 2009 he’s been a main cast member on ABC’s Shark…

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