UK teenagers charged over Lapsus$ gang membership. Lapsus$: Two UK teenagers charged with hacking for gang – BBC News This extortion gang has been responsible for some of the most high profile cyber security breaches in recent months: Lapsus$ ransomware gang at Smart Thinking Solutions
National Cyber Security Centre Threat Report 1 April 2022
Weekly Threat Report 1st April 2022 – NCSC.GOV.UK
“…smartphones aren’t really about making our lives easier; they’re about allowing private companies to profit from areas of our lives that were previously closed to them.” Max Fletcher, The Guardian
The article from which I have taken the quote is further down the page – but please read the rest of the article first, it is relevant. I ran a post about a talk given by Matt Brittin, from Google, about their vision of privacy by design: Privacy by Design …
The Triumphs of Artificial Intelligence
The advancement of AI is one of the threats to our current cyber security and one of the enhancements we can look forward to. This piece from The Guardian has nothing to do with either of those points – just that it beat a human at a game! It is …
Apple Updates – make sure they are done
SANS has a description of the various updates Apple has issued across it’s devices and operating systems. These are for vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in the wild – so make sure the patches have been done – everywhere! Apple Patches Actively Exploited Vulnerability in macOS, iOS and iPadOS …