Over on the Octagon Technology Latest News there are a wealth of “how to…”, IT business, IT issues and advice articles – I also post a Weekly Cyber Security Round-up each week listing all the articles from Smart Thinking. All of the team contribute articles so the styles vary as …
AWS and Log4j – patches break security
Other cyber security stories have really overtaken the log4j/log4shell issue, but it is still out there and sometimes, because developers are so dependent on the framework, patches lead to more issues. Here is an example where even the biggest organisations have problems: Amazon Web Services Log4j patches blew holes in …
Yes people do track a top ten for malware. Do you want to know what the #1 is?
It’s Emotet – this is obviously where the cyber-criminals are making their money. Emotet reestablishes itself at the top of the malware world • The Register Emotet is operated by an operation called Cryptolaemus, and they have been developing the code to bring the malware back after it had been …
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Because It’s Friday – 32 years of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Apollo 11 Moon landing
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know I like space. To celebrate 32 years of operation of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), this week NASA released a video and an image taken by the HST of the Hickson Compact Group 40. This is an unusual collection …
Cyber Civil Defence
Here is a story I could not miss bringing you. Craig Newmark, who founded Craigslist, is going to invest money into projects that will help reveal the cyber security risks or strengths of consumer devices such as IoT home devices, cars and other smart devices. Craig Newmark Philanthropies will make …