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 …
You can take all the defensive steps you can think of then there is a Zero-Day!
A zero-day attack refers to the gap between the “secret” launch of a cyber attack and the subsequent discovery of the attack and mitigation being available. In this gap your defences have not yet been updated because your security vendor is unaware there is problem. Your systems a laid bare …
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I am Spartacus, No I am Spartacus
This is not really about Spartacus but Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous and secretive father of Bitcoin. Someone has written to Bruce Schneier declaring that Bruce is Satoshi Nakamoto. The article is worth a read. I Am Not Satoshi Nakamoto (Schneier on Security) Bruce has an explanation of the “old forgotten …
Apple will scan your images – but don’t worry!
Child Safety – Apple It sounds like an idea we can all get behind. Apple who manufacture one of the most popular range of compact cameras (albeit they are built into the iPhones, iPads and iPods we all carry), want to do their bit to keep our’s and the world’s …
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Fighting ransomware is more complicated than it first seems
Bruce Schneier has highlighted the range of conflicting choices that have to be made when combating organised cyber attacks: FBI Had the REvil Decryption Key
