Stories by welivesecurity

More and more companies are realizing that trusted & trained employees can also pose an enormous threat. We have identified three types of employees.

The concept of a password was developed so that users could only access their own specific files for their allotted four hours a week.

Contrary to what many people assume biometric readers aren't foolproof. They have their own set of unique vulnerabilities. Fingerprints can be stolen.

An increasing number of young cybercriminals are motivated by a sense of notoriety and popularity with their peers rather than financial gain.

Strides in diversity: Women are breaking barriers in cybersecurity, shifting the industry's gender dynamic for the better.

Smartphones aim to heighten convenience, but there is a real feeling that they're becoming a bigger target for cybercriminals. Why?.

Spyware is widely spread across the web, and is ever present on today’s mobile and desktop devices. You should be security-conscious at all times.

Take ransomware. What does it entail? Does it even matter – will it ever actually affect you? It’ll vanish as quickly as it appeared, right? Wrong.