Insured companies more likely to be ransomware victims, sometimes more than once
A recent report found that companies with cyber insurance have been hit by ransomware more than those without it, and…
About Maria Korolov
Maria Korolov is an award-winning tech journalist who covers cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and extended reality.
She’s also a science fiction author and the editor and founder of MetaStellar, an online magazine of speculative fiction, and of Hypergrid Business, one of the world’s top virtual reality blogs.
Contact her at maria@korolov.com to pitch articles or to hire her as writer, editor, or speaker at your event.
Follow her on Twitter at @MariaKorolov, on Threads at @MariaKorolov, and check out her latest videos on the Maria Korolov YouTube channel.
Latest AI articles
Cloudera jockeys for AI platform prominence
Cloudera is using partnerships and acquisitions in its bid to become the platform of choice for data, analytics, and enterprise AI .
Introducing the GenAI models you haven’t heard of yet
How diverse teams lead to better data
How CISOs can balance the risks and benefits of AI
Latest quantum computing articles
Experts split on how soon quantum computing is coming, but say we should start preparing now
Whether quantum computing promises to make current encryption methods obsolete.
Latest Cybersecurity articles
Why API attacks are increasing and how to avoid them
Growing use of APIs give attackers more ways to break authentication controls, exfiltrate data, or perform disruptive acts.
Data residency laws pushing companies toward residency as a service
Log4Shell Vulnerability Highlights Software Supply Chain Issues
Looking Forward to 2022: What To Expect in Cybersecurity
Latest Networking articles
Gartner: SSE landscape shifts as vendors add more security services
Vendors are stacking their security service edge (SSE) suites with even more security functions, according to the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant.
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older Awards and Appearances
Jan. 2018: Maria Korolov talks with Sine Wave about “Succeeding As A Retailer In Immersive Worlds.”
Dec. 2017: Speaker at Stereopsia conference in Brussels, Belgium. Topic was women in virtual reality. Click here for slides.
Dec. 2017: Speaker at OpenSimulator Community Conference. Topic was a statistical overview of OpenSim development. Click here for slides.
Apr. 2017: Profiled in Viar360’s Women of VR – 35 Ladies Who Are Killing It In Virtual Reality
Aug. 2016: Mentioned in Marie Claire’s Virtual Reality Has a Female Mafia—and They’re Looking for New Recruits
May 2016: Interviewed by the BCC about how virtual reality will change our lives. Listen to the broadcast here. Read the transcript here.
Sep. 2015: Mentioned in Fortune’s Meet the women shaping our virtual future.
Latest Blog Posts
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