We do everything online – well that may be an over simplification – but last time I went to vote, I must admit I thought I could be doing this from my phone. But if we are going to vote online, we need very special precautions and checks to make …
Chinese Hacktivism UPDATED
Nancy Pelosi, a senior United States politician and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, has now left after a short but controversial visit. China was not pleased about the visit. SANS has a report this morning on monitoring of Chinese reaction online – not blogs, news reactions, etc. …
Advice from the National Cyber Security Centre and the UK Government – actions to take when the cybersecurity risk is high (Russia Ukraine Conflict) – UPDATED 2 May 2023
This post was originally made on 2 March 2022. It will be updated as the Russian Ukraine Conflict develops and will highlight the cyber security issues facing organisations and individuals at this time. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is advising all UK organisations to review and improve their cyber …
A challenge to facial recognition surveillance
There are a lot of issues around facial recognition (Kostka, Steinacker and Meckel. 2021). Law enforcement likes it, that makes sense, but then where do they get their footage to examine from? Should we have privacy when we walk down a street? What happens if the machine learning behind the …
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Really big numbers when it comes to leaking user’s personal data
One of the earliest posts on Smart Thinking was about Twitter being hacked: Twitter hack – Smart Thinking Solutions Now here we are again. What appears to be a lone threat actor, got inside their systems, with enough time to exfiltrate a substantial amount of Twitter user personal information. This …
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