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Posted on 10 July 202410 July 2024

Does a VPN work?

Working whilst out of your secure office use a VPN

Today I was going to talk about about the importance of monitoring your information storage and user accounts, but Mr Putin’s government changed my mind, as they have compelled Apple to remove VPN apps from the Russian App Store. (Gatlan, 2024) What is a VPN? It stands for Virtual Private …

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Posted on 8 May 20248 May 2024

A twenty year old VPN vulnerability

I am a great believer in VPNs for better cyber security, especially when away from your main base – here are a couple of my articles explaining why: Let’s Talk About Your VPN It’s holiday time again – dust off that VPN! VPNs even got a mention in my recent …

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Posted on 16 April 202416 April 2024

I have an LG TV!

Researchers at BitDefender have discovered cyber security flaws in WebOS, the operating system used in LG smart TVs. Over 90,000 LG Smart TVs may be exposed to remote attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) I manual ran a software update on my TV to ensure it is running the latest secure version of WebOS. …

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Posted on 27 February 202428 February 2024

Do not forget your hardware

We started the week with a look at patches and updates but how many of you also keep up with updating firmware on the hardware you own? I have a Dell laptop and I have paid for an extended warranty and I am very cyber security conscious, so I have …

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Posted on 31 January 202413 February 2025

Anonymous?

privacy online

I came across this article by Matt Burgess over on Wired UK, about being anonymous online, whilst I was doing some research for a client last week (yes, whilst on leave). I thought you should all read it as privacy is important: How to Be More Anonymous Online | WIRED …

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