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Posted on 1 December 20221 December 2022

Do you like Christmas shopping?

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Whether you are a shopper or not, I have the blog post for you… For the last few years, as part of our Christmas celebrations, I have been asked to write an article for Octagon Technology exploring the world of “presents for geeks” – which has proven to be one …

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Posted on 22 November 202222 November 2022

Shopping with Google

Just in time for the US Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Christmas shopping sprees, here are five useful online shopping tips from Google that have an equal place as part of any organisation’s online cyber security plan: 5 ways to safely shop online this holiday season (blog.google) It is obviously Google …

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Posted on 21 November 202221 November 2022

This is on my Christmas list…

…oh no! It’s not out until February 2023. It’s not just computers—hacking is everywhere. Bruce Schneier Diana and I have attended several of Bruce’s speaking events both in the real world and online and I have had him answer my questions as well (he did not think much of the …

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Posted on 22 April 202225 April 2022

Over at Octagon this week

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Over on the Octagon Technology Latest News there are a wealth of “how to…”, IT business, IT issues and advice articles – I also post a Weekly Cyber Security Round-up each week listing all the articles from Smart Thinking. All of the team contribute articles so the styles vary as …

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Posted on 12 March 202213 March 2022

Following a break for Christmas ransomware is on the rise

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Just in case you have forgotten that ransomware poses, probably the biggest threat to your organisation (UK Gov, 2021) – here is some tracking of ransomware activity by Adam Janofsky at The Record: Ransomware tracker: the latest figures [March 2022] – The Record by Recorded Future References UK Gov (2021) …

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