The 5 Dumbest Things in Cybersecurity This Year

This article is an opinionated year-end roundup of 2024’s most ill-advised cybersecurity moments, including criminals drawing attention with lavish spending, a university phishing test that sparked an Ebola scare, Microsoft’s problematic Recall rollout, and CrowdStrike’s widespread outage caused by a faulty update. It offers cautionary tales and industry reflections rather than technical details or actionable threat intelligence.