In the first part of this article on how ransomware has changed, we looked at the actual attacks, today we are going to look at ransomware payments. Ransomware. Pay up? In the early days of ransomware, paying for the decryption key was an option. Although back then most people who …
Online Safety Laws
Laura Kuenssberg has an excellent essay over on the BBC looking in depth at the new UK Online Safety laws: New online safety rules are here but as tech races ahead, expect changes – BBC News It is worth reading. Your Takeaway These online safety rules are already out of …
UK Retail Cyber-attacks – Arrests have been made.
A few months back it seems the only thing in the tech press were the cyber attacks on the Co-Op, Marks & Spencer and Harrods, from empty shelves and huge financial losses to phishing emails and abusive emails to the CEO. Here are some of my articles: Co-op – Data …
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The message to stakeholders
Following any type of incident that impacts your organisation, how you respond to your stakeholders is important to the recover your reputation. Following the serious cyber security incident the Co-op have suffered, they have offered members a financial appology – I have had an email from the Co-op explaining my …
Privacy your flexible friend – according to Meta
On the one hand – Meta gets caught exploiting privacy loopholes in browsers: Your Privacy is important | Smart Thinking Solutions But on the other hand they want to join the BBC and Apple contesting the UK Government’s privacy laws. WhatsApp backs Apple in its legal row with the UK …
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