Probably most of us use Bluetooth wireless connectivity without really thinking about it. In my case just this morning, I have been out in my car, my iPhone connected automatically and I listened to some music, at this moment I am again listening to music from my phone via a …
In Support of Encryption
The idea for this article on encryption came to me whilst reading Joe Haldeman’s The Hemingway Hoax (see the disclaimer at the end of this article) – written in 1990 it was slightly ahead of the computer revolution. In the book, three people are involved in a fraud to produce …
Google Chrome zero-day exploit patched
Google has issued the sixth emergency for 2023 to patch a zero-day exploit in Google Chrome. Google Chrome emergency update fixes 6th zero-day exploited in 2023 (bleepingcomputer.com) Patching vulnerable software on your systems is one of the top priorities of your cyber security plan. Closing the door on the hackers …
A good news cyber security story
The police forces from seven nations, with Europol and Eurojust have broken up and arrested members of a ransomware gang that has been attributed with cyber-attacks in 71 countries. Police dismantle ransomware group behind attacks in 71 countries (bleepingcomputer.com) The operation based primarily in Ukraine with assistance for investigators from …
I have the ransomware answer the British Library needed!
The British Library ransomware story continues… …now the hackers have released British Library customer information to the Dark Web. British Library hack: Customer data offered for sale on dark web – BBC News The Rhysida ransomware group threatened to release the stolen information unless a 20 Bitcoin ransom was paid, …
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