Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Apple iOS (for iPhones, iPads etc) has a reputation for security and privacy – that is why I use their devices and why I recommend them to clients. I know there are issues, with the App store commissions (but at least the apps are curated, a security plus), anti-privacy actions …
Bruce Schneier (and others) is reporting on the actions of some phone carriers actions to block the Private Relay service offered by Apple. Apple’s Private Relay Is Being Blocked – Schneier on Security Apple’s Private Relay Roils Telecoms Around the World | WIRED UK Or is it an iOS bug? …
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Always be careful when scanning QR codes – double check they are legitimate especially if you are using them to pay for services. This story is from Austin in the USA but it could be anywhere. Fake QR Codes on Parking Meters – Schneier on Security The QR code about …
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I can remember being asked this many times over the years by clients and at last I have a definitive answer, if you enable one of Norton’s latest innovations. Notice I said enable not install. If you enable their crypto-currency miner, it will use some of your computer resources to …
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So if one company can produce commercial spyware then why not two. More on NSO Group and Cytrox: Two Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturers – Schneier on Security Then there are the consequences of the use of Pegasus and Predator. UN-backed investigator into possible Yemen war crimes targeted by spyware | United …
This was always going to be an issue when we posted about it last week – here is more information. On the Log4j Vulnerability – Schneier on Security More Log4j News – Schneier on Security Log4j – Smart Thinking Solutions
The Tor browser has been built to improve the privacy of internet users. The US State Department had a hand in supporting the development of the browser (Foreign Policy 2013), as a tool for activists whose goals, it believed, aligned with those of the USA. Of course any activist, of …
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