A few short months ago AI chatbots and ChatGPT were all the tech and mainstream news seemed to be talking about! But of course, the threat actors were reading and listening to all that news and have been developing attacks that will exploit the victims new love of AI. UK …
MOVEit flaw – Excellent cyber advice from the BBC
This is a follow-up article to the one I posted about the compromise of MOVEit software: MOVEit secure file transfer compromised. I could paraphrase the following article – it covers many of the points I have written about here on Smart Thinking before – but my advice is take a …
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Do you want to know more about writing a virus
This excellent article by Scott J Shapiro will not show you how to write a virus but it is about trying to track down one of the world’s most notorious malware authors. On the trail of the Dark Avenger: the most dangerous virus writer in the world | The Guardian …
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AirTag stalking – could it be a thing of the past?
I have written about the privacy issues surrounding Apple AirTags and similar gadgets. They were originally made to enable careless people (like me) find our keys and other things that get misplaced. It did not take people long to realise they could also track people with them. This is a …
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UK Emergency Alert System is a good idea
Many countries have a national emergency alert system, delivered to their citizens via suitable mobile phones – now there is a UK Emergency Alert System. These systems can be operated by region and issue emergency alerts for serious weather events, earthquakes etc.. Although false alarms happen the rapid warning of …
