White hat or ethical hackers are one of the backbones of finding flaws in software and systems – now Nikhil Rane, a student at the University of Bradford has been celebrated in the India Book of Records for his cyber security work. He has found more than 200 flaws in …
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 …
Because It’s Friday – Amorous Sheep
Just a quick smile this week with Randall Munroe over on xkcd.com. For everyone who had to study for an Amateur Radio exam, anywhere in the world. xkcd: Circuit Symbols Have a good weekend. Well may be just something extra… a follow-up to last week’s Because It’s Friday Moon post. …
Because It’s Friday – It’s all about the moon
Because It’s Friday is all about finding something interesting to ease all of us into the weekend, following a week of usually stressful cyber security news. I have been away on leave for the last few weeks and space has taken centre stage whilst I have been away, with some …
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I am out of the office so time to use the VPN
I am away this week, writing – tying to finish two eBooks that are overdue and attending a cyber security conference – which means I am going to point you at one of my previous articles for my Wednesday bit this week. VPNs However I will keep it topical as …
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