This is a story about the commercial spyware Pegasus and it’s possible misuses. EU commissioner calls for urgent action against Pegasus spyware | Surveillance | The Guardian
The blockchain is polluting the planet – YouTube lecture on changing the world with smart contracts
There is an article on the BBC technology news site discussing the e-waste resulting from the mining of bitcoins: Bitcoin mining producing tonnes of waste – BBC News At the heart of this e-waste generation is blockchain technology – a very secure method of holding information across a distributed system. …
You have to wonder why companies make these types of decisions…
In a world where every business has to have heard of cyber-security and should always be thinking about how to protect their information and their client and customer privacy it is incredible to hear of a company that felt they could keep PII on a single smartphone. It was then …
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Commercially available spyware – Pegasus
It exists – of course it is going to be used. Ten governments appear to be customers of the supplier, NSO Group. Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon | Surveillance | The Guardian
What is Privacy?
So you think you know what “privacy is. You probably know that the GDPR addresses privacy and have discussed privacy as part of your compliance – but did you know there is no definition for privacy included in the regulations? I have written an article on the Octagon blog looking …
Cloud services – if breached what do they leak about your business
What information do you and I entrust to cloud services? We all like cloud services – for modern businesses, especially smaller businesses they give access to software, services and functionality that when we started Octagon Technology would have been beyond their reach. Then there are the back-ups – in the …
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Children’s names revealed in a Council data breach
Bristol City Council has distributed the details of families with disabled children without their permission. This was not really a data breach more a data giveaway as the Council simply sent out an email to people asking for comments on their services and all the email details were readable to …
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