Pegasus not used unlawfully – according to Israeli government enquiry

The Israeli government, following an enquiry, has found that the use of Pegasus against it’s own citizens, who were not suspects in any criminal case, was not illegal. I wonder how many other countries, in that situation would return the same result? Police use of Pegasus malware not illegal, Israeli …

Bad laws will only give a political sticky plaster to the technologically uninformed

I am sure it is situations like this that motivates the good politicians to back the Government’s draft Online Safety Bill. Metaverse app allows kids into virtual strip clubs – BBC News But in reality, as someone who has been in technology for many years, I cannot see how their …

82% of Companies pay ransomware demands to get their data back – only 4% got it back – now sign up for our Cyber Security Master Class

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The UK Government discourages organisations, hit by ransomware, from paying cyber criminals to get their information back. But we all knew it was happening. I was at a talk last week by Bruce Schneier, where he spoke about US companies keeping quiet about cyber-attacks if they could, even though in …

A quick side trip back to Missouri – their Governor has such a good grasp of cyber security

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Something to read whilst having a coffee this morning – it’s fun. Here is a follow up story to our “F12” hacking Governor – Mike Parson – from police department, he demanded investigate journalist Josh Renaud. So what great crime did the journalist commit – he used the F12 key …