The Conti ransomware group is one of the most active global cyber gangs and carries out some of the largest attacksAmong those was a sustained attack against the government and infrastructure of Costa Rica. This article looks at some of the details and consequences of those actions. How Conti ransomware …
Here are a couple of background stories on privacy
With the UK Online Safety Bill, on hold at the moment as the Conservatives choose a new Prime Minister for the United Kingdom, here are a couple of stories from around the world where authorities have seized PII information – with or without due process: Amazon Handed Ring Videos to …
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Journalists are among the targets of state sponsored hacking and espionage
This is an interesting story from Cedric Pernet at TechRepublic looking at the types of threats and attacks faced by journalists: State-sponsored cyberespionage campaigns continue targeting journalists and media | TechRepublic It gives you an idea of the investment in time, money and technical resources state sponsored hacking groups make. …
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What is a cryptopocalypse?
We have come a long way in cryptography and computing since the Colossus electronic computer, (above), was built at Bletchley Park, during the Second World War, to break the Lorenz cipher. With the advances in computing technology, there is a foreseeable point in the future, possibly only ten years, when …
Because It’s Friday – IT and Cyber Security support powered by of course… coffee
The link is tenuous but this article by Claudia Wascher and Thomas Ings from Anglia Ruskin University is worth a read: How the birds and the bees help coffee plants (theconversation.com) Let’s go back to last week’s Because It’s Friday So you want the answer? We only had one winner …
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