I updated the pinned post at the top of the blog yesterday with warnings from Microsoft and Google about the potential for the Russia Ukraine cyber conflict to escalate over this winter. Here is an article by Alexander Martin from The Record looking at the risks and threats in more …
M.P.s warned about the risk of being spied on
The House of Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle has written to all M.P.s making them aware that the information they have on their mobile phones would be valuable to a “hostile state” and that they should take appropriate steps to protect that information. Hostile states are targeting you, Speaker warns …
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It looks like the Online Safety Bill is in chaos
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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NCSC is scanning the internet for the UK’s cyber security readiness
…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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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 …
