Here is more on the story – Sophisticated hackers attack telecom companies – Smart Thinking Solutions with links to more information. Nation-State Attacker of Telecommunications Networks – Schneier on Security
Privacy and Security and the UK Government
I read this article by Nathaniel Tkacz from The Conversation a few days ago: New government app will provide access to public services but questions around privacy and design remain (theconversation.com) It discusses the drive by the UK government to “appify” about 300 government services into a single app with …
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No biometric scanning in public areas
These are the first steps being taken in the rest of Europe to limit the ability of governments, governmental agencies and organisations to biometrically scan their innocent citizens as they walk down the street. The European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveillance – Schneier on Security
World Octopus Day – smile
I do not want this blog just to be doom and gloom – so from time to time I like something a bit lighter. It cannot all be serious… #BeCyberSmart – Smart Thinking Solutions – and you will learn something useful about multi, two or dual factor authentication (you choose). …
Backbone hack – why you need an MFA app
This story has been doing the rounds on the tech news sites for a couple of days. Hackers have had unauthorised access inside the systems of one of the worlds global communications backbone companies for nearly five years. Syniverse (a company millions of people seem to be dependent on but …
So Facebook is down. So what!
However here is a [pretty] simple explanation why – with notes and software steps. Facebook Outage: Yes, its DNS (sort of). A super quick analysis of what is going on. (sans.edu) Bruce Schneier had this to say about the outage: Facebook Is Down – Schneier on Security
VPN advice
Bruce Schneier’s blog today is pointing at a useful reference document about VPNs. It is produced the The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) both United States agencies and it is targeted at a US audience but it still contains a useful set of …
