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

Weighing the risks of moving too fast with gen AI

Weighing the risks of moving too fast with gen AI

Oct 9, 2024

Jumping on the gen AI bandwagon can backfire, but moving too slow isn’t wise either. Finding the optimum pace relies on a host of factors, starting with a healthy appetite for risk.

7 key questions CIOs need to answer before committing to generative AI

7 key questions CIOs need to answer before committing to generative AI

Jun 21, 2023
When asked, IT leaders, and the companies they represent, must be able to immediately harness the power of generative AI, and understand, as well as manage, potential vulnerabilities, biases, and other risks to protect sensitive data and maintain customer trust.
Proactive Not Reactive: The Rising Role of AI Leadership

Proactive Not Reactive: The Rising Role of AI Leadership

Jun 20, 2023
Regulators around the world are taking a renewed look at AI and it’s no surprise, what with all the warnings about the potential of an extinction event. But even if AI doesn’t go SkyNet on us, there are still risks — privacy, bias, and misinformation chief among them.
Press Release Writing in The Age Of AI

Press Release Writing in The Age Of AI

Jun 14, 2023
Learning AI tools is now an essential investment for every business professional, especially for corporate PR and communicators. In this workshop, Maria Korolov explained the basics of press release writing, how to use tools like ChatGPT to help create press releases, and how search engines are now treating AI-generated content.

Latest quantum computing articles

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Quantum teleportation brings reliable, super-fast networks a step closer

Jun 6, 2014

Scientists at Delft University in the Netherlands have improved the accuracy of a quantum entanglement-based communication channel from one in 100 million in a previous experiment in Maryland to 100 percent today. The information…

Latest Cybersecurity articles

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Gartner: SSE landscape shifts as vendors add more security services

Jul 12, 2023

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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Enterprises See Exponential Growth in log4jshell Attacks

Dec 15, 2021
Hackers rush to exploit the vulnerability to steal data, deploy ransomware, install back doors, create botnets, mine cryptocurrencies, and conduct other illegal activities.
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Trust no one: New technology platforms expand the attack surface

Nov 23, 2021
The rapid deployment of 5G and edge computing, the transition to work-from-home, combined with accelerating growth of mobile apps, APIs and web services are expanding the attack surface for cyber criminals. Are we prepared?
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On-prem-as-a-service comes into its own during pandemic

Nov 22, 2021
With this approach, the hardware is owned by the service provider, so upfront capital expenses are replaced by operating expenses. Scaling up and down is easy. And the on-prem-as-a-service provider handles all the installation, maintenance, networking, and other aspects of running a data center

Latest Networking articles

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5G network slices could be vulnerable to attack, researchers say

May 22, 2023

Configuration errors and device vulnerabilities could allow attackers to move laterally across 5G network slices.

latest Awards

latest Appearances

older Awards and Appearances

Judge, 2019 CSO50 awards

Maria is one of the judges of the annual CSO50 awards, which recognize 50 organizations for their security project or initiative that demonstrates outstanding business value and thought leadership.

Judge, Epica Awards

Maria is a member of the jury of the 2018 Epica awards, the only global creative prize judged by journalists.

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

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May 2016: Interviewed by the BCC about how virtual reality will change our lives. Listen to the broadcast hereRead the transcript here.

Sep. 2015: Mentioned in Fortune’s Meet the women shaping our virtual future.

Latest Blog Posts

How to get started as a foreign correspondent

May 3, 2002
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Looking for outlets to send you abroad is actually the *last* step of a going-overseas process. The first thing is, you need to ask yourself…

How to get into freelancing

Mar 2, 2002
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I’ve been a freelancer for most of the past ten years, and have also edited the work of many freelancers in various editing jobs. Read…