The very capable ChatGPT AI has been in the news recently for writing human quality code, essays, novels and even academic papers. Whilst it was free it was even used for hacking – of course – and it may still be used for malicious purposes even though it is now …
Because It’s Friday – Just another CAPTCHA
This is a follow-up to Bruce Schneier’s earlier post – Bruce Schneier on CAPTCHA. Just a bit harder: As Long as We’re on the Subject of CAPTCHAs – Schneier on Security Because it is 2023 Lets look aback at 2022… Here are two of my favourite “look back” articles and …
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Breaking encryption
Encryption is a fundamental element of our security and privacy online. Without it you could not shop online using your credit card or have a private conversation. Encryption is is encoding of your information using computational methods – the more complicated the computations the more secure the encryption is. But …
Here is a cautionary story if you do not patch and are Albanian
Bruce Schneier has this article about Albanian prosecutors holding IT admins, who failed to patch and update systems, responsible for cyber attacks on Albania: Arresting IT Administrators – Schneier on Security
Because It’s Friday – Bruce Schneier on CAPTCHA
Regular readers know I read and quote a lot of stuff by Bruce Schneier, today he will make you smile: CAPTCHA – Schneier on Security Have a good weekend. Clive