The first job today – after making the coffee – is an online presentation to a group of Business Doctors clients about IT systems and information security. The news will be posted after I finish the Q&A.
The news will follow shortly….
Cryptography after the aliens land
That headline intrigued you didn’t it? It’s the title of an essay by Bruce Schneier, whose titles are often intriguing. How about “Click here to kill everybody”, “Data and Goliath” or “Liars and Outliers”? Schneier has a great sense of humour and always gives good value as a speaker too. …
82% of Companies pay ransomware demands to get their data back – only 4% got it back – now sign up for our Cyber Security Master Class
The UK Government discourages organisations, hit by ransomware, from paying cyber criminals to get their information back. But we all knew it was happening. I was at a talk last week by Bruce Schneier, where he spoke about US companies keeping quiet about cyber-attacks if they could, even though in …
Samsung smartphones with leaky security
There is an academic paper from Tel Aviv University examining Samsung smartphones and how they implement the cryptographic security. They found that some models had a design flaw that allowed for the extraction of the secret keys. Trust Dies in Darkness: Shedding Light on Samsung’s TrustZone Keymaster Design (iacr.org) Here …
The NCSC urge us all to improve our cyber security as tensions increase between Russia and Ukraine
The CEO of National Cyber Security Centre, Lindy Cameron, has an article in the Daily Telegraph giving advice about cyber security in the light of the escalating situation between Ukraine and Russia. NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron urges UK organisations to take action – NCSC.GOV.UK As Ukraine tensions rise, UK organisations …
