In the future when computing power increases our current cryptography will become useless. This is important. I read this when it was first published and it was one of those articles that got me reading more and more linked articles, when I should have been working. Well in my job …
Australia in the cyber security spotlight – UPDATED
This article was first posted on 27 October 2022 Update 10 November 2022 The headlines say it all: Medibank: Data stolen from Australia health insurance available online – BBC News Medibank hacker says ransom demand was US$10m as purported abortion health records posted | The Guardian These criminals will have …
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Some security advice for any business…
If you collect a lot of information that would be of particular interest to threat actors, such as personally identifiable information (PII), bank account details etc, make sure you take care of that information. Or the government could set up an age verification site – and all the threat actors …
Child protection
The government’s Online Safety Bill is an important piece of legislation. I have not changed my point of view on the removal of law abiding citizens privacy in the name of child protection – follow the link below to look at other stories I have written about that. I want …
The cost of free speech or what happens when you spread “hate speech” across the media in the name of “free speech”.
The Infowars, shock jock, Alex Jones, broadcast and then repeated, hateful unsubstantiated lies, about the tragic events at Sandy Hook – now he will have to pay… a lot! The $1 Billion Alex Jones Effect | WIRED UK Sandy Hook review: anatomy of an American tragedy – and the obscenity …
What is hell? – #BeCyberSmart
Weekends here at Smart Thinking is when we run background and more in depth, longer reads about cyber security and technology. So, we are starting our Cyber Security Awareness month – an event which will be all over social media – with an article about social media. As Clive often …
The Optus hack – UPDATED 29 September 2022
I started writing about this hack on 27 September 2022 Update 29 September 2022 Here is the take from the BBC: Optus: How a massive data breach has exposed Australia – BBC News Update 28 September 2022 This is becoming a very odd story – millions of bit of personal …
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