🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readThe Wannacry cyberattack in May 2017 highlighted the major problems that bedevil the various nations affected by devastating ransomware crime. Namely, that targeted nations are often slow to track down the source of such cyberattacks – and once they have done so, they also lack any effective means to punish the … Continue reading “Can the World Economic Forum Tackle Cybercrime?”
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readAccording to the pundits, the Dec. 14 move by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to repeal existing net neutrality rules is either a major blow to free communication or a storm in a teacup. Perhaps the truth lies somewhere between these polarizing viewpoints. It appears that those who supported dismantling the … Continue reading “Net Neutrality – What’s All the Fuss About?”
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readLast month, the European Union Community made headlines with their release of a diplomatic document that, for the first time, defines cyber-terrorism by a foreign power as an act of war. The EU document is expected to say that member states may respond to online espionage or cyber-attacks against their infrastructure … Continue reading “Are Cyber Attacks Acts of War?”
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readTo understand what quantum computing is and why scientists find it exciting, we need to understand how traditional computing works. Today’s computers use switching and memory units – known as transistors – to store and retrieve data. These transistors handle many of the tasks calculators used to handle. Transistors have become … Continue reading “The Importance of Quantum Computing”