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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Padlock?
This week we will start off with something that everyone using a web browser should be aware of, but it appears that is not the case. The vast majority of us have no idea what the padlock icon on our internet browser is – and it’s putting us at risk …
Connections
Here is something to read on Saturday morning over coffee – Apple’s move to USB C. Renaud Foucart, a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University has written about several aspects of the change including “green washing” and “follow the money”. Apple has switched from its …
Just as the Online Safety Bill becomes law – who is going to be safe?
Benjamin Dowling, a lecturer of Cybersecurity at the University of Sheffield has an article on The Conversation looking at the UK Online Safety Bill and who it will protect and who it will harm. The UK just passed an online safety law that could make people less safe (theconversation.com) I …
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