Newsletter – July 2020
Announcements Monthly newsletters launched This is the inaugural monthly newsletter. For now this is an experiment to see if this is a useful format to provide people with a digest of what has been posted on the site in the last month, noteworthy news stories from around the web and any announcements of new site… Continue Reading →
Business Email Compromise Attacks
We have talked about Phishing and Social Engineering in other blogs and the standard precautions you can take to help thwart cyber criminals attempts at fraud. Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a form of cyber crime which uses email fraud to attack commercial, Government and non-profit organizations to achieve a specific outcome which negatively impacts… Continue Reading →
Multi-Phase Cyber Attacks
A lot of people think that a cyber attack is immediately launched when you click on a link, or a hacker exploits a zero day vulnerability. This is not always the case and recent evidence shows that hackers are hiding in plain sight and waiting to launch their ultimate attack. Malware can infiltrate your systems… Continue Reading →
COVID-19 Research by Kings College London
A study is being run by researchers at King’s College London into how the symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus develop and what this can tell us regarding how the virus attacks the body, vulnerable groups and how it spreads to quote a few of the outcomes. You can read up about the study here. One… Continue Reading →
Router Vulnerabilities
Your home/small office Internet router is your gateway to the Internet. It is a combination of hardware, software and communication protocols that coexist in a complex system. As such, your router is subject to software and hardware vulnerabilities in much the same way as your PC or mobile device. Illustration 1 On 19 June 2020… Continue Reading →
UK Coronavirus Contract Tracing Update
This is an update to my blog Location Tracking, Your Privacy & COVID 19 Contact Tracing to bring this up to date with the recent developments in the UK. The UK were going to develop a COVID 19 Contact Tracing App using a hybdrid technology that was centralised and in which they owned the data… Continue Reading →
Windows 10 Feature Update 2004 Released
In May 2020 Microsoft released their latest feature update to Windows 10. This will be delivered through Windows Updates as a feature update to targeted devices in the short term and your device may be specifically blocked while drivers and other software (e.g. Anti Virus software) is updated. As with all new releases, there are… Continue Reading →
Android 11 Preview Released
This week (WC 7 June 2020) the first preview of Android 11 (the latest iteration in the Android smartphone operating system) was released for specific test handsets. This brings a number of security and privacy updates as well as some functional updates that you may either love or hate. Privacy Updates A number of privacy… Continue Reading →
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