Robert Poole a Professor of History at the University of Central Lancashire has an article on The Conversation discussing the origins of the iconic, Apollo 8 photograph showing the Earth rising over the horizon of the moon. The Apollo 8 mission in December 1968 was the first-time men had gone …
Russian offensive malware spreads outside Ukraine
We have not heard much recently about the cyber war between Ukraine and Russia but here is a story that illustrates what I have been saying about malware creep and collateral damage from deployed malware weapons. By the very nature of online commerce and communications these cyber-weapons will spread outside …
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Because It’s Friday – Software Updates
I was looking for a YouTube clip of the SpaceX Starship launch for today’s Because It’s Friday, when I came across this much more interesting video. Pay particular attention to see how 50 year old data storage works. I thought the need for what would be considered outdated technology skills …
What do hackers want?
Well in the case of the recent ransomware attack on the British Library they got HR data on the library’s staff. British Library says ransomware hackers stole data from HR files (therecord.media) The Rhysida ransomware gang will soon put that information up for auction on the Dark Web unless the …
Because It’s Friday – Now that would make a movie
As someone who has had to have the day explained to them at Sydney Airport, this xkcd cartoon had to make “Because It’s Friday“. The issue was I had had one night since Thursday when I got on the plane in Hawaii and now when I got off the plane …
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