I have written before about the security limitations of “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices. Many of them are simple devices, possibly based on older tech, they tend to lack the hardware to allow for regular security updates, etc, etc etc. At least the UK Government is enacting laws to make …
Encryption and how we got to an internet where you can securely buy things online. A Platinum Jubilee Fact.
Ralph C. Merkle was born on February 2, 1952. He was one of the inventors of public key cryptography – a security methodology that today’s internet and communications rely on heavily. The discovery and publishing dates for public key cryptography gets a bit confusing – I am sure a white …
Noughts and Crosses. A Platinum Jubilee Fact.
In 1952 one of the first computer games was programmed and run on a computer the size of your house! Alexander Douglas was studying at Cambridge University for a PhD, when he wrote a simulation of Noughts and Crosses (known in other places as ‘Tic-Tac-Toe’), as part of his thesis …
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How many transistors are there in the processor in your computer? A Platinum Jubilee Fact.
I have an Intel i7 processor in my laptop – and a quick Google search on the model of chip did not give an exact answer, but it must be billions – so quite a lot. The modern computer age owes it’s birth to the discovery of the transistor – …
Here is something new – pre-hijacking!
Hijacking of online accounts is a serious cyber security concern. The unauthorised access by threat actors to everything from Amazon accounts to Zoho accounts all have data breach consequences either for the individual or organisation. (That is why we tell all our clients to make multi-factor authentication (MFA) compulsory for …
