Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Ralph C. Merkle was born on February 2, 1952. He was one of the inventors of public key cryptography – a security methodology that today’s internet and communications rely on heavily. The discovery and publishing dates for public key cryptography gets a bit confusing – I am sure a white …
It is a Bank Holiday long weekend here, to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – so here is a really quick “Because It’s Friday“. Here is a Randall Munroe take on various types of “scopes” and what they can “see”: xkcd: Types of Scopes Because …
I spotted this, whilst carrying out my daily cyber security research, for this blog, coffee mug in hand. Healthy reasons to drink coffee – in moderation, of course. It had to be this week’s “Because It’s Friday” feature: Just One Thing – with Michael Mosley – Drink Coffee – BBC …
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It is getting towards the end of the week… Hopefully this will have some impact on the amount of phishing emails and business email compromise attacks going around. Suspected phishing email crime boss arrested in Nigeria • The Register Alleged leader of Nigerian email fraud group has been captured, Interpol …
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The BlackByte “Ransomware-as-a-Service” gang and it’s affiliates have been active worldwide, despite the FBI and US Secret Service issuing a cyber security advisory about the gangs operations. No one is slowing down BlackByte ransomware gang • The Register Ransomware in more hands can only be a bad thing for our …
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