Threat Report 24 February 2023 – NCSC.GOV.UK
National Cyber Security Centre Threat Report 24 February 2023
Because It’s Friday – A follow-up to the Mary Queen of Scots cyber security story
This is an interesting follow on to the story we included in “Because It’s Friday” a couple of weeks back where a cipher created by Mary Queen of Scots was decrypted having been a secret since the 16th century. Rupert Goodwins fits Mary’s life and political activities into modern day …
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Because It’s Friday – The power of a font
This is a post for anyone who has had to sit in a client meeting where the attendees spend an unreasonable amount of time “debating” the font they want to use on their email signature. All I went along for was to make sure the signature was compliant but my …
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I wrote about the potential of scams around the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria last week: Earthquake = Scams – Smart Thinking Solutions Now the BBC has a report that looks at the scams that are happening: Scammers profit from Turkey-Syria earthquake – BBC News These people know no …
Because It’s Friday – 16th Century Cipher Broken at Last!
An international group of research cryptographers have deciphered over fifty letters, written and encoded by Mary, Queen of Scots, during her imprisonment and passed onto trusted French allies before her execution on February 8, 1587. Lost and found: Codebreakers decipher 50+ letters of Mary, Queen of Scots | Ars Technica …
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