Here is cyber security advice for your organisation and home. There is a marked increase of threat actors using bank scams, online, via phone calls, text messages and email. But we should have already been aware of these. The new trends are for attacks to come via social media, online …
Because It’s Friday – Milk Bottles
Why milk? The idea behind the “Because It’s Friday” series is as a relief to the stream of “bad news” cyber security posts that is the purpose of this news site. The stories could be funny, about technology or science fiction, often they are about space, or they are just …
May the Fourth – Happy Star Wars Day
May the Fourth For May the Fourth last year I found the original BBC Film ’77 review of Star Wars by Barry Norman – I thought it was worth revisiting for those of you that missed it: The post also links to some archive photos of the release from The Guardian.
Ransomware is still the top threat…
Another school has been hit by ransomware. They tend to be soft targets for threat actors as they use a range of predictable applications, their IT teams are not large, IT tends not to be a priority and they have a large group of potential victims for phishing emails etc. …
UK Emergency Alert System is a good idea
Many countries have a national emergency alert system, delivered to their citizens via suitable mobile phones – now there is a UK Emergency Alert System. These systems can be operated by region and issue emergency alerts for serious weather events, earthquakes etc.. Although false alarms happen the rapid warning of …
