Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The government has announced the home of the The National Cyber Force (NCF) will be Samlesbury, Lancashire – sharing the site with BAE Systems who already operate from former RAF base. The force is charged with enabling the UK to have a cyber-attack capability when it comes threats such as terrorists …
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There is an article here: Baby’s Death Alleged to Be Linked to Ransomware | Threatpost Looking at the case being brought against Springhill Medical Centre, Mobile, Alabama following a death of a baby due to problems caused in delivering life saving care because the hospital had suffered a ransomware attack. …
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This is not really about Spartacus but Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous and secretive father of Bitcoin. Someone has written to Bruce Schneier declaring that Bruce is Satoshi Nakamoto. The article is worth a read. I Am Not Satoshi Nakamoto (Schneier on Security) Bruce has an explanation of the “old forgotten …
Weekly Threat Report – NCSC.GOV.UK
This is an excellent academic article by Susan Landau on the privacy, efficacy, and equity of contract-tracing on smartphone apps. She raises some important points about the social and economic divide when it comes to technology, something that other developers and technologists should consider when creating their apps. Digital exposure …
