The BBC has piece by in it’s Tech Tent podcast looking at the possible effectiveness of proposed UK laws to protect young people and stop disinformation. But will it work? Tech Tent – The UK’s plan to rein in big tech – BBC Sounds Here is The Guardian’s take on …
Meta takes steps to protect user privacy
Meta (Facebook) has taken steps to remove companies and organisations from it’s platforms it accuses of “… targeting individuals including journalists and human rights activists.” Meta bans surveillance-for-hire firms for targeting users – BBC News More on this here: Facebook takes down accounts for seven “cyber-mercenary” firms – The Record …
Sainsbury’s impacted by ransomware attack
Sainsbury’s payroll hit by Kronos attack – BBC News The payroll systems provider Kronos has been hit by a ransomware attack which has impacted a range of businesses here in the UK and the US. The supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has reportedly lost a week of data relating to it’s 150.000 …
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More about Log4j
This was always going to be an issue when we posted about it last week – here is more information. Log4shell: US demands Christmas Eve deadline for hack fix – BBC News CISA issues emergency directive to fix Log4j vulnerability • The Register CISA issues ’emergency directive,’ orders federal agencies …
“What we’ll be doing when AI is doing most of what we currently call work” – The Reith Lecture
The third lecture in Stuart Russell’s Living With Artificial Intelligence series is out: The Reith Lectures – Stuart Russell – Living With Artificial Intelligence – AI in the economy – BBC Sounds Past articles about the this year’s lectures: Reith Lectures – Smart Thinking Solutions Rutherford and Fry on Living …
100 attacks a minute – Log4j
Flaw prompts 100 hack attacks a minute, security company says – BBC News Log4j – Smart Thinking Solutions
There is some justice for those who run ransomware attacks
Matthew Philbert, a Canadian, has been arrested and charged with running a ransomware attack that damaged systems belonging to The State of Alaska. Canadian charged with running ransomware attack on Alaska • The Register Canadian police arrest Ottawa resident for ransomware attacks – The Record by Recorded Future Canadian man …
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