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Radar trends to watch: August 2021

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Good practices for authentication, backups, and software updates are the best defense against ransomware and many other attacks. To succeed, VR will have to get beyond ultra geeky goggles. Mark Zuckerberg has been talking up the Metaverse as the next stage in the Internet’s evolution: a replacement for the Web as an AR/VR world.

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Radar Trends to Watch: December 2022

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The popularity of cryptojacking (mining cryptocurrency with malware planted in someone else’s applications) continues to rise, as the collapse in cryptocurrency prices makes legitimate mining unprofitable. A threat group named Worok is using steganography to hide malware within PNG images. When is VR too connected to the real world?