The UK Government’s Online Safety Bill has many good provisions, and others that people object to, or feel will not solve the issues they are supposed to. An example of this is that “live streaming” has not been included in the bill. Child sex abuse victims want Online Safety Bill …
Vending machines – Absolutely Fabulous
Back to the full news tomorrow – but here is a non-cyber business tech story to tide you over… A day in the life of (almost) every vending machine in the world | Business | The Guardian The photo at the top of this post, is the “Absolutely Fabulous” vending …
Crypto for the weekend
Bruce Schneier’s blog put me onto this article, which explains in some depth how with careful detective work, and open-source intelligence (OSINT) made anonymous cryptocurrency transactions not so anonymous. It is a long, but very interesting article but please note the content warning from the Wired website, and do not …
North Korean Hackers
The headline value changes but it comes down to, a lot of money was stolen. North Korean hackers target gamers in $615m crypto heist – US – BBC News US agency attributes $540 million Ronin hack to North Korean APT group – The Record by Recorded Future US Government offers …
Council Tax Rebate Scam
Scammers are preying on the most vulnerable with texts, phone calls and emails: Council tax rebate: Warning issued over new scam pretending to offer £150 – BBC News