Although this series of cyber-attacks is closely associated with the Ukraine/Russia conflict you should expect to see other cyber criminals adopting similar tactics: Ukraine Themed Twitter Spam Pushing iOS Scareware – SANS Internet Storm Centre This article by Johannes Ullrich shows the web of accounts that threat actors weave across …
I will keep my old tech
The Guardian recently ran a feature looking at those of us that refuse to upgrade and persist in using what many would call “old tech” but is in fact very useable tech and good for the planet: ‘My friends call me the BlackBerry queen!’ Meet the people clinging on to …
Is Facebook is breaking UK data laws? But there is good news from Facebook.
Cambridge Analytica was someone else’s problem (SEP) but a high court case is soon to decide whether Meta and Facebook are breaking UK data privacy laws: Facebook sued for collecting personal data to target adverts | Meta | The Guardian Tanya O’Carroll is claiming Facebook is ignoring her requests to …
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More Twitter issues – and why text messages are a poor authentication option
Now the SMS text authentication is only working for some people: Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down | WIRED Do you want to know why SMS text message authentication is a very poor third behind app based multi-factor authentication and just about anything else? Read on: Twitter ‘closes offices’ …
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Data Sovereignty – who can access what and where. UPDATED
The original post was published on 3 November 2022. Update 16 November 2022 This story has developed further with FBI Director Christopher A. Wray describing to the US Congress how China could exploit Tik Tok: FBI Director warns of potential Chinese gov’t exploitation of TikTok – The Record by Recorded …
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