The promised replacement for the lack lustre Action Fraud service will not be delivered on time. The UK government and the City of London police promised a new online service for reporting cyber fraud by Q2 of this year but the contractors Capita and PwC have failed to deliver. Being …
Scammers really know their job!
You need to read the article linked from here – because whatever you think, you are not ready for the latest phone scammers. Why do I say you are not ready? The victim here is Cory Doctorow – you might not have heard of him, but people in tech have. …
Clamp down on the scammers
This is a good news cyber security story from India – for anyone who has received a phone call that starts “I am calling from Microsoft support…” India targets Microsoft, Amazon tech support scammers in nationwide crackdown (bleepingcomputer.com) India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been out in force across …
AirTag stalking – could it be a thing of the past?
I have written about the privacy issues surrounding Apple AirTags and similar gadgets. They were originally made to enable careless people (like me) find our keys and other things that get misplaced. It did not take people long to realise they could also track people with them. This is a …
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Have you heard of the UN Cybercrime Treaty?
The draft treaty has the potential to rewrite criminal laws around the world… Electronic Frontier Foundation Whether your answer is yes or no to the UN Cybercrime Treaty – the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an article looking at some of the problems with the treaty when it comes to …
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What would tech writers write about if ChatGPT did not exist?
ChatGPT has been used for homework, writing radio programmes, academic papers, articles, coding, hacking etc. etc. etc.. Here are some of the most recent articles examining privacy and cyber crime using artificial intelligence, of which the adapting, convincing email scams is probably the issue that organisations need to think about …
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Daixin Team
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has and occasional series of advisories it issues, often with other US governmental agencies, looking in depth at various cyber-criminals and ransomware attacks and methodologies, to help professionals who have to deal with these threats. Here is the latest: StopRansomware – Daixin Team …
