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 …
WordPress UpdraftPlus needs patching urgently – check it!
Backups are your best friend in a cybersecurity incident UpdraftPlus the popular back-up plug-in for WordPress needs an upgrade to plug a security vulnerability. This upgrade was pushed out last Thursday to millions of users, who have automatic updates enabled. UpdraftPlus security release – 1.22.3 / 2.22.3 – please upgrade …
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Because it’s Friday – the first images from the James Webb Telescope and something funny about printers
This came out a few hours after I posted last week’s Because it’s Friday, but I could not miss out – so here it is just a week late! https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/02/11/photons-received-webb-sees-its-first-star-18-times/ For an excellent explanation why there are 18 stars in the image have a look at NASA’s video: Featured image …
Policing needs to change to protect our cybersecurity
Here is an interesting short read, by Laura Dobberstein at The Register discussing how policing must change if it is going to deal with international cyber crime. Interpol must change with cybercrime, says director • The Register Ransomware-as-a-service – The Texas Story – get a free early bird place on …
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Now we are going out again – do not forget your VPN
Now we are back out there using public Wi-Fi again here is a timely reminder from TechRepublic about keeping yourself secure. Don’t browse on public Wi-Fi without a VPN | TechRepublic A few weeks ago I was away, both for a break and to get some time away from the …
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