Then check out this short video from BBC News: What is ransomware and how does it work? – BBC News
A little light holiday reading!
I am on leave/writing retreat at the moment and one of the things I like to do when away is read. Bruce Schneier’s blog put me on to this very interesting work. Bounty Everything by Ryan Ellis & Yuan Stevens – (datasociety.net) “Hackers and the Making of the Global Bug …
As Bruce Schneier says “this looks impossible”
Malware detection by magic! Probably not but here is the link to Bruce’s blog post and the subsequent link to the report: Using EM Waves to Detect Malware – Schneier on Security Remember this is research.
Two minutes on the Dark web
Do you want to know what the dark web is? This short video by the BBC gives you the basics. Part of the internet is hidden from our view, here’s what goes on there. – BBC News
A real life hacker
Hackers do get caught – and named. A classic remote control hack, using malware, to illicitly gain access to people’s information and devices. Nottingham man who used girl’s webcam to spy on her jailed – BBC News
