Having a small gadget to attach to your keys and other valuables is not something new – Apple did not invent the idea – I have a couple of Tile devices attached to my keys and in my wallet so I can find those when I inevitably misplace them. Now …
Do you need support over Christmas and the New Year?
Octagon Technology has released it’s incident response and support arrangements for Christmas and New Year. We are open for business (and new business) over the holiday period, although the team have more relaxed duty arrangements so they can take advantage of the holidays. There is always a duty engineer and …
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National Cyber Security Centre Threat Report
Here is a link to the NCSC weekly threat report for week ending 3/12/2021: Weekly Threat Report 3rd December 2021 – NCSC.GOV.UK
The future of society is smart contracts on a blockchain
The future of cyber crime is smart contracts on a blockchain with software bugs! Dan Goodin has an article explaining how a bug (flaw) in the code for drafting a blockchain smart contract, by MonoX Finance, allowed a hacker to steal $31million from them. Really stupid “smart contract” bug let …
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Legacy software – always a challenge
Old software that does exactly what you want, in the way you like to do it is everywhere – I am still using a copy of Paint Shop Pro v7.04 from 2000! But what happens when that legacy software or hardware is part of vital infrastructure or other systems? Bruce …
