The secure messaging app Signal has made the news recently with various members of the US Government using it to avoid accountability (possibly) and to inappropriately share their thoughts on secret operations with journalists and then the rest of the world (accually). I am a Signal user – I like …
Signal app in the news.
I use, and recommend to clients, the secure messaging app Signal, for those communications that do not require accountability but do require good cyber security. However, it is not an app suitable for government communications that usually require a higher level of security and should always include accountability to the …
Encryption is important
I am an advocate of using encryption to improve the cyber security posture of our clients. This week I submitted a “draft for discussion” IT and Cyber Security Audit report to a client in which there are several recommendations to use encryption to improve their cyber security stance. Is encryption …
WhatsApp user data stolen
I have just written about the information leak at NHS Lanarkshire because of the use of WhatsApp and I regularly talk about rogue Android apps that get into the Google Play Store – here I bring both of them together. A rogue app that steals WhatsApp user data: Hackers steal …
I have warned clients about this…
I have had various discussions with various clients about the use of WhatsApp. They like it as it is often already used by their people, works on Android and iPhones and they point me to the security WhatsApp advertises. I then point out that there is no accountability and Microsoft …