Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Ken McCallum, the MI5 director general and Christopher Wray, the FBI director have delivered a joint statement at the MI5 building in London, warning that China is carrying out economic espionage and hacking operations to steal technology for competitive gain. “We consistently see that it’s the Chinese government that poses …
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In many of my posts about privacy and governments and organisations that want to reduce encryption, do away with VPN privacy or just make things easy for law enforcement at the expense of the law abiding citizen’s privacy, I refer to law enforcement using due process. UK judges agree with …
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Google researchers are reporting on spyware that is active on both Apple and Android smartphones – the spyware is called Hermit and Google has taken steps to protect Android users. The software developed and marketed by RCS Lab, based in Milan, will exfiltrate messages ,contacts and password information from targeted …
Sorry but the headlines below all contain the obvious biscuit pun! Knowing, explicitly, what an organisation plans to do with your personal data when you access a web site or sign up for an online service is an essential step in maintaining your privacy. Have a look at this article …
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Before we go any further Smart Thinking and Octagon Technology support any effective and legal means to protect the vulnerable and minors. Politicians, they want privacy to cloak their personal, business and political lives – but seem to hate it when private law abiding citizens want the same as them! …
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