You can carry on shopping online… At the beginning of the year I ran a short story on some Chinese research that said it had taken a step towards breaking the encryption we all depend on the use the internet and electronic communications securely: Breaking encryption – Smart Thinking Solutions …
Smartphone security
I think if you read this blog, you have a smartphone and that the security of that smartphone is important to you. By now you should also understand that the functionality of that smartphone is a trade off between your privacy with the various suppliers. I do not use some …
Encryption and how we got to an internet where you can securely buy things online. A Platinum Jubilee Fact.
Ralph C. Merkle was born on February 2, 1952. He was one of the inventors of public key cryptography – a security methodology that today’s internet and communications rely on heavily. The discovery and publishing dates for public key cryptography gets a bit confusing – I am sure a white …
OSINT – Do you know what it is?
OSINT = Open Source Intelligence. That is that information that a threat actor can gather about you and your organisation, from open source resources – there is no need to hack you if you leave the information lying around. When I was studying, the weeks we covered OSINT, were some …
Happy Birthday WannaCry – but don’t expect a card from the NHS
All through my Masters course, the NHS WannaCry incident was an excellent reference to include in any paper I was writing. I use the incident in our online training course, CyberAwake, various articles I have written (and will write), in courses I run and just yesterday in the Cyber Security …
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