The passing of the Online Safety Bill is going to be delayed (along with other legislation) until the Conservatives choose a new Prime Minister for the country. Online Safety Bill put on hold until new prime minister in place – BBC News
The Online Safety Bill is still going through parliament and we are back to the question of end-to-end encryption
I quite like the the government’s Online Safety Bill is that it will compel the Big Tech companies to action about child sex abuse material (CSAM), and delivery huge fines if they fail to do so. However a requirement to monitor communications apps with end-to-end encryption (E2EE), for CSAM causes …
Knowledge of the current state of ransomware is an essential step in everyone’s cyber security plan
Various departments of the US Government have issued a joint advisory about MedusaLocker ransomware as part of their #stopransomware initiative. #StopRansomware: MedusaLocker | CISA Knowledge of circulating ransomware malware helps all organisations and individuals respond to the threats, when organisations that have been compromised, delay reporting the attacks or even …
Halfords can’t keep a secret
Not hacked this time, a researcher have discovered that Halfords is just a little too free when it comes to sharing your data with others! Chris Hatton, a cyber security consultant discovered several exploits in service emails that Halfords had sent him in the course of normal business transactions: Halfords …
This story starts off as Science Fiction come true but rapidly becomes about privacy
Contact lens computer screens, you cannot get more Mission Impossible, Batman (have you seen the latest Batman?) or just science fiction than that. Pop in your contact lenses and useful info is floating there in front of your world. Need a photo, blink twice. Need to know what “today’s Specials” …
Just how much and often is your data shared? UPDATED 19 May 2022
This post was originally published on 17 May 2022 Update 19 May 2022 The numbers just keep getting bigger! This article in The Register, has the Irish Council on Civil Liberties, stating that our data is shared up to 987 times a day, when the Real Time Bidding (RTB) industry …
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