The term “digital dark age” was popularised by Terry Kuny in 1997, to describe the digital phenomenon that electronic media and information is easily lost or destroyed. Books from centuries ago are still accessible – but could you read that 250MB Zipdisk today? We are living in a ‘digital dark …
AI and your Cyber Security
This article by Oli Buckley, Professor of Cyber Security at the University of East Anglia and Jason Nurse, Associate Professor in Cyber Security at the University of Kent takes a balanced look at how AI is starting to help threat actors create more believable attacks. Cybercriminals are creating their own …
Because It’s Friday – Opportunity Moon
We finished Because It’s Friday in 2023 with a space story so let’s start 2024 off with another space story. This is a must for my business orientated audience. There is an opportunity for new business ideas – on the moon. Privatised Moon landings: the two US missions set to …
Some Seasonal Advice about Scammers
Here is an excellent article by Rachael Medhurst Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at the University of South Wales full of advice on how to spot and defend yourself against Christmas scams and cyber threats. How to protect yourself from cyber-scammers over the festive period (theconversation.com) Have a read and …
Because It’s Friday – Is it a space story?
I am going back to little green men this week with a story about unidentified flying objects (UFOs) – but now according to the US military we have to call them unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). The article is written by Beatriz Villarroel an Assistant professor of Physics, Stockholm University, who has …
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