Stephen Treacy

UCC

Dr Stephen Treacy is a lecturer of business information systems at the Cork University Business School at UCC.

The story of the secret cyber attack on Iran's nuclear sites

The Stuxnet digital virus attack, discovered in 2010, was a major setback for Iran's nuclear ambitions and sparked a global cyber boom

The lessons from Cold War operation Project Gunman carry a disturbing resonance in the face of today's digital espionage

Monumental in scale and sophistication, Anom reshaped global perceptions of privacy, security and the reach of law enforcement

Consumers are caught by scams which use urgency triggers, confirmation bias and trust signals to create a false sense of security and scarcity

Election hacking has become a global industry and the costs involved are shockingly low

Cybercriminals have upped the ante in the war on democracy with techniques that aim to disrupt and influence elections

Zero-day hackers exploit security vulnerabilities in software that the developers of that software are often completely oblivious about

There has been a chilling and unparalleled convergence of digital and physical warfare over the last two years in various conflicts

How decoding and understanding personality types is key for building effective teams and career advancement

A company's own employees represents as much of a danger to an organisation's cybersecurity as malicious outsiders