Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I have my issues with the UK Online Safety bill, but overall I think it has some promise to protect the vulnerable – but this report in The Guardian is showing that the bill my be heading for chaos: UK government criticised for failing to protect children from online harm …
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…winged ninja cyber monkeys… Dr Ian Levy from the National Cyber Security Centre The title is a bit odd, but the article by Ian Levy from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) does an excellent job of explaining why the NCSC is now scanning the internet looking for vulnerabilities in …
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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 …
There is no resolution to this story of a wireless camera connected cat feeder wanting to connect to the Chinese technology company Baidu: Why is My Cat Using Baidu? And Other IoT DNS Oddities – SANS Internet Storm Center The Internet of Things promises so many nice things – like …
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Let me say this before I start, I support any action both legal and technical that will be effective in preventing the exploitation of the vulnerable. We support this government initiative (check the page footer): Let’s stop abuse together I like parts of the government’s forthcoming Online Safety Bill and …
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The Internet of Things, a great idea, when they are secure – these lights from Ikea obviously are not: Ikea smart bulbs can be exploited to force them to blink • The Register Your takeaway from this is to look at your IoT and connected devices (such as CCTV) and …
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This article comes via Bruce Schneier, and fits nicely into the Weekend Project – it is about security and has some connections to the posts we run here at Smart Thinking. Both Clive and I have attended Bruce Schneier speaking events, and through Clive’s links with Edinburgh Napier University have …
