Manti Te’o is a former American football player, a standout linebacker for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In 2012, he was a Heisman Trophy finalist and the emotional core of the team’s undefeated regular season. His catfishing case is one of the most infamous and emotionally charged examples of online deception and digital identity fraud. It gained global attention due to the high profile of the victim and the bizarre nature of the hoax. Netflix documented it in “Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist.”

Have you ever thought that the digital files you usually handle might carry more than they were intended to? It might be a picture you share on social media, a video, or even a song… How do people conceal information in a seemingly harmless file? And why? Welcome to the world of secret messages and steganography. 

In July 2017, one of the most ambitious global cyber operations ever executed quietly brought down the largest illegal marketplace on the dark web: AlphaBay.

Germany’s approach to cybersecurity is built on precision, structure, and accountability. The country’s legal framework is centred around the IT Security Act.

Gaia-X is a European initiative that aims to create a federated, secure, and transparent data infrastructure. Essentially, it's a “European cloud ecosystem”.

In Canada, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, also known as PIPEDA, establishes the national standard for how private-sector

US-made social media have a global reach. Yet, assuming that every country in the world connects with Facebook or Instagram is wrong.

Who invented Twitter? Jack Dorsey is the silent leader who invented the platform that condensed human conversation into 280 characters.

Email (electronic mail) has been a cornerstone of digital communication since the early days of the Internet. The first true email systems appeared in the early 1970s when Ray Tomlinson introduced the use of the @ symbol to designate email addresses on ARPANET. By the 1980s, email had become a critical tool within government agencies, universities, and eventually corporations. And yet, many businesses still don’t have a good grasp on the technology beyond emails and how to configure them to get the most out of it based on their business needs. This guide will provide all the information you need to understand emails, their security settings, and how to choose your email provider accordingly. 

How many times have you seen the ISO 27001 badge on an IT company website? Of course, you might intuitively understand that a certified company projects an image of trust, but you might not know what the certification exactly means. Let’s dive into the ISO 27001 core principles and certification process. 

The defining characteristic of cybercrime is that the criminal activity rests upon Internet-connected technology. The Internet is, after all, a set of informational protocols enabling computers to communicate with each other. So, how did it affect criminal activities so vastly? We have found the answers in David S. Wall’s “Cybercrime” body of work. 

Long before laptops and cloud computing became part of everyday life, a small gathering in a Silicon Valley garage changed the course of personal computing.

Have you ever wondered how the first cyberattack in history happened? The Morris Worm was released on November 2, 1988, in the early days of the Internet. It was created by Robert Tappan Morris, a graduate student at Cornell University, who had no idea that a mistake in his code would create havoc on the Internet. 

Whenever you walk into a coffee shop or a public place offering a free Wi-Fi connection, someone can capture your unencrypted web traffic through ARP Spoofing. This is a hacking technique that exploits the vulnerabilities of the ARP—Address Resolution Protocol. 

In May 2013, a group of journalists at The Guardian started receiving classified information through encrypted channels from an anonymous source. On June 5, after verifying its validity, the newspaper published a small portion of the information received, known as the Verizon phone metadata. A few days later, the source of the leak revealed his identity in Hong Kong. It was a U.S. NSA (National Security Agency) employee named Edward Snowden. 

In 2016, a chilling phenomenon began to spread across social media networks, particularly VK (also known as VKontakte) — the "Russian Facebook." The so-called

Every day, you hear about cybercrime. More and more, it is presented as a problem to society: hacking, fraud, obscene behaviour, hate speech, fake news, pornography, and stalking. But what makes these crimes cybercrimes, and how are they investigated and treated differently in a court of law? 

Last week, I attended a training session on link analysis with TXLEAN – the Texas Law Enforcement Agency Network. Link analysis is a valuable and powerful tool to fight traditional crime, but it’s even more central to online investigations against cybercrime. Here’s what I learned.

The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in May 2021 was one of the most impactful cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in U.S. history. It triggered widespread fuel shortages and demonstrated the fragility of digital infrastructure tied to physical systems.

Investing in crypto can feel like stepping into another world: full of unfamiliar terms, price swings, and endless opportunities. Learn how to start safely.

A small plastic whistle, the kind tucked into a cereal box as a novelty, should not have had the power to reshape computing culture. Yet for John Draper, it

This is not a horror story, nor a tale of a fanatic group. The Cult of the Dead Cow (often abbreviated as cDc) is one of the oldest and most influential hacker collectives in the world: underground tech innovators, internet pranksters, and political activists.They’re famous for blending elite hacking skills with sharp counterculture satire, releasing both groundbreaking security tools and pointed political statements.

On October 28, 2017, an anonymous poster nicknamed “Q Clearance Patriot” made a short, cryptic post on 4chan. It was the beginning of the QAnon digital cult.

Cybersecurity relies on a wide range of cognitive skills. Threat hunting, OSINT investigation, incident response, red team operations, and policy design all