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What reporters should know about infosec – press releases
Thank you, Kevin. As well as addressing the issue of reporter versus commentator (which we should probably deal with at another time), your piece could be nicely condensed into another principle: Don’t...
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What reporters should know about infosec – “hacker” reliability
Came across another report today from a journalist who had “received” stolen information from a group of “hackers.” (I shall delay, for now, discussion of what the term “hacker” really means.) Yet...
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Liars and Reliarbility
It is becoming my wont. Rob Slade is providing an excellent series on the weaknesses of modern infosec journalists. I must riposte. The subject is lies and reliability. You see, the problem with ‘liar,...
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Secondary legislation and the role of the House of Lords
Secondary legislation is an abomination. It allows the government – usually just the relevant Secretary of State – to alter, amend and expand an existing law without any reference to Parliament. It is...
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Free and open internet
I think I’ve slipped into a parallel universe where contradictions prove themselves. How else do you understand the NCSC, part of GCHQ, one of the Five Eyes, making this tweet: This was the very day...
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NHS Trusts and the threat from ransomware
Healthcare has become a major target for extortionists for two primary reasons: firstly, patients rather than profits are the priority with less being spent on IT and security than by outright...
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Living the Nightmare
This is the stuff of nightmares. It is a nightmare set in a shadowy world of total government surveillance, where government can spy on anyone pretty much unhindered (IP Bill), and where citizens’...
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Pompeo: Trump’s new head of the CIA
I published this article about Michael Richard Pompeo on an earlier blog on 8 March 2014. This is the man that Donald Trump has chosen to head up the CIA. On Monday this week Christopher Soghoian will...
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Brexit sorted
This Brexit thing worries a lot of people. Take Angela Merkel. You see, the German economy works best when there’s a strong UK economy. Well, no. Forget the UK. When there’s a strong England economy....
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IP Bill, Brexit and Trump create perfect storm of autocracy
Writing in the New Scientist today, Ray Corrigan (a senior lecturer in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics faculty at the Open University) describes the perfect storm for loss of...
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Putin: Russia’s new Peter the cyber Great
Anyone half as old as me will remember the reds under the bed. Well, they’re back; only now they’re in our computers – and fridges and cameras and light bulbs and anything else that is IP-enabled or...
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Support Scams and Diagnostic Services
Sometimes the borderline between out-and-out support scams and sub-optimal diagnostic services is too blurry for comfort. The post Support Scams and Diagnostic Services appeared first on ITsecurity.
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Business Continuity Planning and quantum computing
I must admit that this topic is one that really gets me excited. Yes, other aspects of security can benefit from quantum computing, and the job can be eased or made more cost-effective. But in...
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NCSC joke of the day
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I say this from the NCSC: Great hosting you today @JKingEU! We’re committed to make the UK the safest place to live and do business online, we’re glad you’re...
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Anti-malware testing issues
There is something wrong with this picture. Carl Gottlieb has founded a new online service called TestMyAV. It’s purpose is to allow you to test your own anti-virus product: “Giving you the malware,...
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Agents Smith & Jones versus the Bad Guys
A new breed of endpoint protection software has emerged over the last few years. If we simplify things – probably over-simplifying – this breed of products uses machine-learning technology to teach...
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Webcam shows and Experian
I came across this headline today: 200 Million Data Enrichment Records For Sale on Darknet The second paragraph reads: The person offering the files claims the data is from Experian, and is looking to...
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That woman May does not speak for me
This is disgusting. I’m fairly certain that the majority of Britons who voted to leave the EU were not voting to enter a fascist state. But that’s what we’ve got thanks to that woman May — who,...
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NCSC and Twitter
Hmm… Not sure what to say about this. Still, it’s good of them to let us know. Share This:The post NCSC and Twitter appeared first on ITsecurity.
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2017 InfoSec Predictions
As usual, we have the requisite Information Security Predictions for the coming New Year: Jeff Harris, vice president of solutions for Ixiamp, sees a ramp up in weaponization of the Internet of Things...
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