The month of October is associated with a variety of themes, but it also ushers in the start of autumn and pumpkin-spiced lattes and culminates with one of the scariest days of the year – Halloween. However, beyond the uptick in Starbucks stock prices and the sale of costumes, October is marked as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States and European Cybersecurity Month on “the old continent”.

While the average person may think that they have a fairly decent grasp on cybersecurity with properly developed habits and impeccable cyber-hygiene practices, the reality is that we don’t have to look far for proof of the opposite – the annual roundups of most common passwords paint a rather ghastly picture; just take a look at the worst passwords of 2020, for example.

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The report, compiled from the analysis of data from Cisco Umbrella, found that the biggest threats faced by various industries such as Manufacturing, Healthcare, Technology, Finance, Higher Education and Management in 2020 are phishing, trojan horse attacks, cryptocurrency mining and ransomware.

Taking advantage of the disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals are targeting companies and organizations in different industries with increasingly sophisticated malware attacks. Some of these are based on deceiving the user, while others steal important information by installing malicious programs on computers.

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The chicken or the egg? The cart or the horse? Should policy or technology take the lead?  It is not a reasonable question when it comes to deciding where the keys to a sustainable energy future lay – we need both.

Meeting that energy challenge is fundamental to maintaining our current way of life and fulfilling the growing energy needs of the rest of the world. About 1.3 billion people globally live in energy poverty – that is, they lack access to sufficient energy for basic needs and are forced to rely on the most primitive forms of energy such as wood burning and waste, as well as expending an excessive amount of time collecting these fuels.

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