This may seem to be a strange question but how can you be sure who is actually texting you? Your phone may show you that you are texting with your friend or company IT support but there are ways for hackers to spoof who they appear to be or even …
When software has bugs…
Software is complicated – it will have bugs and some of those bugs may have security issues. How you deal with this situation is a key part of your organisation’s cyber security plan. Why? If you are a regular reader here, you would have read about the several zero-day security …
Realistic Cyber Security – “Out of the mouths of AI”
I am very keen on the work of Bruce Schneier and his stuff pops up here on Smart Thinking from time to time – including this article by Diana: And this quote that I often use when writing about patches and updates: I was interested when on his blog, Bruce …
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday
This morning, our support team have been reviewing our client monitoring reports and the SOC to check that the Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates have been completed. They will keep an eye on the reports all day to check there are no issues or absconders! Here is Microsoft’s detailed page on …
Time to think about AI
Here is a thought provoking essay from the public-interest technologist Bruce Schneier: AI and Microdirectives – Schneier on Security Something to read with the morning coffee this weekend. It is actually “further listening – The BBC Reith Lectures, by Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science and founder of the Center …
