Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Anything that reduces the ordinary citizen’s right to privacy, especially when it is driven by our government, needs more than a social media steam roller campaign by that government to make it law. It needs a proper education of those citizens as to what they are giving up, so the …
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This is a follow-up to this story: Welcome to living in Gloucester – Smart Thinking Solutions The cyber attack on Gloucester Council has now been linked to Russian hackers but the council is reporting that it will take up to six months to fix all the issues caused by the …
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Speaking purely with my cybersecurity hat on – end to end encryption (E2EE) is a very good thing, even an essential thing to preserve your and my privacy. It is a communications link method where only the parties at either end, for whom the communication was intended, can read and …
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Then check out this short video from BBC News: What is ransomware and how does it work? – BBC News
The Russian government has taken action and arrested members of the REvil cyber criminal gang. This is a major positive blow for better cyber security for the whole world as REvil has been behind some of the most notorious ransomware attacks. REvil ransomware gang arrested in Russia – BBC News …
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Do you want to know what the dark web is? This short video by the BBC gives you the basics. Part of the internet is hidden from our view, here’s what goes on there. – BBC News
Hackers do get caught – and named. A classic remote control hack, using malware, to illicitly gain access to people’s information and devices. Nottingham man who used girl’s webcam to spy on her jailed – BBC News
