Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I have written about Apple AirTags a number of times as they have the potential to seriously threaten a person’s privacy and security. Even though that was never the intention when Apple produced the very useful devices. But it does leave the question floating that why did not the richest …
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That headline intrigued you didn’t it? It’s the title of an essay by Bruce Schneier, whose titles are often intriguing. How about “Click here to kill everybody”, “Data and Goliath” or “Liars and Outliers”? Schneier has a great sense of humour and always gives good value as a speaker too. …
The UK Government discourages organisations, hit by ransomware, from paying cyber criminals to get their information back. But we all knew it was happening. I was at a talk last week by Bruce Schneier, where he spoke about US companies keeping quiet about cyber-attacks if they could, even though in …
Just swap the QR codes on two adjacent “for hire” bikes and wait for some unsuspecting victim to come along and unlock the bike for you. QR codes are a versatile bit of technology that have become very popular since the rise of the connected smartphone, but as we have …
Bruce Schneier highlights some of the major points in the report on the 2021 Irish Health Services Executive Hack. Points that all organisations should reflect on. On the Irish Health Services Executive Hack – Schneier on Security All of these points will be covered in my forth coming Master Class.
As I have said before the prospect of incredibly powerful quantum computers, that could break the encryption that we all currently depend on, was a hot subject of discussion during my Masters course. But as Bruce Schneier shows us today it is along way in the future. Breaking 256-bit Elliptic …
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TechRepublic has another article on Linux vulnerabilities that need to be addressed: Patch now: A newly discovered critical Linux vulnerability probably affects your systems | TechRepublic Linux servers – so you think this is not your problem? – Smart Thinking Solutions Twelve-Year-Old Linux Vulnerability Discovered and Patched – Schneier on …
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