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A team of security researchers has hacked a Tesla Model 3 car on the last day of the Pwn2Own 2019 hacking contest that was held this week in Vancouver, Canada.

Nearly half (49%) of global organizations feel more exposed to security breaches because of skills shortages, according to a new Trend Micro study. The vendor polled 1,125 IT decision makers around the world and found that nearly two-thirds (64%) have experienced an increase in attacks over the past year.

Those thinking artificial intelligence (AI) will steal their jobs need not worry – the software is only filling the blanks, at the moment. And the blanks, at least when it comes to cybersecurity, are quite large. According to the latest Trend Micro figures, organisations worldwide are faced with an ‘ongoing and often detrimental’ shortage of cybersecurity talent.

The growth of 5G and the Internet of Things may be helping to bring smarter and more connected experiences and services around the world, but may also be exposing users to more security worries.

Experts from SolarWinds, Trend Micro, Vade Secure, WatchGuard Technologies, and Webroot discuss five things worth worrying about online, and suggested countermeasures for mitigating them.