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Artificial Intelligence in the Real and Virtual Worlds
Artificial Intelligence and Games While most of the tech media’s ‘next big thing’ buzz is still focused on VR, that technology is beginning to settle into the early days of its role. Gaming and...
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Still Pumping and Dumping
Pump and Dump spam campaign still piling on the improbabilities. The post Still Pumping and Dumping appeared first on ITsecurity.
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Did democracy win with Macron? Doubtful
My first thoughts on Macron’s victory were that democracy had prevailed. But second thoughts made me wonder. We’re too accustomed to thinking of democracy in old-fashioned Left (socialist) and Right...
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WannaCryptor: XP, Win8, WinServer 2003 patches
Even XP, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2003 systems can now be patched against the vulnerability exploited by WannaCrypt. Patching is highly recommended!The post WannaCryptor: XP, Win8, WinServer 2003...
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WannaCryptor ‘Afterthoughts’…
…Not that we’re exactly in the post-WannaCryptor era yet. But forgive me if you’ve heard enough of the saga of the ransomware ESET calls Win32/Filecoder.WannaCryptor.D (after just a few days, I...
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May Sketch: Reactions to Macron’s Victory
World Leaders’ Reactions to Macron’s Presidential Victory As reported by Yahoo Share This:The post May Sketch: Reactions to Macron’s Victory appeared first on ITsecurity.
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May must be out in June: our last chance
Let’s not beat about the bush — Britain was tricked into voting for Brexit by an establishment determined to break Brussels’ interference in its increasingly hard-line and authoritarian policies....
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My June Vote
I must repeat what I said before the last general election in the UK: I shall not vote. I dismiss as absurd the thoughtless claims that I have a duty to vote. I do not. I have a duty to follow my...
View ArticleKaspersky calls out Microsoft
Readers will know that there are many unhappy Windows 10 contributors on this site. We know we are not alone – but most of us who complain are mere users with voices that don’t carry to Redmond. Now...
View ArticleSecondary 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...
View ArticleFree 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...
View ArticleNHS 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...
View ArticleLiving 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’...
View ArticleAgents 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...
View ArticleSmoking guns and glass houses in Russia Vs Clinton
In the ongoing saga of Russia Vs Clinton, a declassified version of the US Intelligence Community assessment of Russian involvement in the 2016 US election has now been published. But if you hoped for...
View ArticleTrumpton Tower: a modern slapstick
In true slapstick style, Trump sticks it to GCHQ, and GCHQ slaps down Trump. All over what did or did not happen in Trumpton Tower. Background On 4 March, the realDonaldTrump tweeted an accusation that...
View ArticleTrump, Brexit and the Norns
2016 is likely to prove a pivotal year in contemporary history. Two major votes saw the US election of President Trump and the UK exit from the European Union. It was a right-wing populist swing for...
View ArticleAshley Madison Site Has Been Hacked And Why Should It Matter?
update : Consequences of the website’s data breach and the FTC settlment. This week in the UK, the first news came from the Mumsnet site taken down by DadSecurity ‘Mumsnet’s co-founder suffers...
View ArticleWindows 10 Update Disrupts Pen Input; Microsoft Offers Potentially Dangerous Fix
A recent Microsoft security update – according to Wacom’s support pages, the OS build 16299.334 – has had a rather unexpected side-effect. Many users of have been experiencing issues where drawing...
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