If you have ever received a message saying your password was found in a data breach, you might have just brushed it off. So what? You might think. After all, what could someone really do with your old login details? The truth is – it can lead to a lot more
Most people fall into the habit of using the same password for multiple sites and apps. It’s convenient, and nobody is going to guess ‘Porcupine34!’ or ‘ManchesterCity720!’, right? But that’s where the misconception lies. Hackers aren’t sitting at their computers manually guessing passwords like in the movies.
When people hear “cybersecurity,” they often picture a figure in a black hoodie typing away in a dark basement. But that’s not quite how it works. In fact, some of the most important cybersecurity work isn’t about defending against hackers, it's about thinking like one. That’
I’ve been working in cybersecurity for a few years now, but before I entered the field, I had no clue about cybersecurity, what it involved, or even that it existed. I didn’t know how attackers got into systems, or what made something a “critical vulnerability.” Like most people,