“There’s a big difference between research work and the risk you’re likely to be exposed to”
Most cyber-scare stories have more in common with horror fiction than practical reality, and I’m not talking purely about the hyped-up cyber-warfare stuff that appears online. Me being me, I’m focused on the hacking threat stuff.
Regular readers of my body of work, here at PC Pro and beyond, will know that I have a thirst for oddball security research papers. But here’s the thing: there’s a secret to digesting these papers in a way so as not to confuse the theoretical risk with the practical one. There’s a huge difference between fascinating research work, conducted by hugely talented folk, and the practical risk that you’re likely to be exposed to as a result of it.
This isn’t to say that such research is pointless; far from it, in fact. The most technologically fanciful lab-based threats can evolve into very real-world ones, albeit often bearing little resemblance to the original.
I’m going to take the liberty of assuming that you will be interested in this research, if not as much as I am, then certainly
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