cybersecurity
noun
cy·ber·se·cu·ri·ty
ˈsī-bər-si-ˌkyu̇r-ə-tē 
: measures taken to protect a computer or computer system (as on the Internet) against unauthorized access or attack
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Kevin Collier, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2025
The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news.
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Some methods of hijacking smartphones don't even even require direct access to the device, Jake Moore, a global cybersecurity advisor at the software and cybersecurity firm ESET, told CBS News.
—Joanne Stocker, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2025
There has been a slight uptick in recent weeks — Google’s $32 billion bid for Wiz, the cybersecurity start-up, is the search giant’s biggest ever — but the underlying trend doesn’t look especially promising.
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Kevin Collier, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2025
The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Some methods of hijacking smartphones don't even even require direct access to the device, Jake Moore, a global cybersecurity advisor at the software and cybersecurity firm ESET, told CBS News.
—Joanne Stocker, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2025
There has been a slight uptick in recent weeks — Google’s $32 billion bid for Wiz, the cybersecurity start-up, is the search giant’s biggest ever — but the underlying trend doesn’t look especially promising.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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cybersecurity
noun
cy·ber·se·cu·ri·ty
ˈsī-bər-si-ˈkyu̇r-ə-tē
: measures taken to protect a computer or computer system (as on the Internet) against unauthorized access or attack
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