On the 13 August 2020 the UK government released a revised Contact Tracing app to be trailed on the Isle of White, the London Borough of Newham and NHS volunteer responders. In addition to the Contact Tracing function it also has other features including: An alert system that informs users of the coronavirus risk level... Continue Reading →
UK Coronavirus Contact 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 →
What is RansomWare and How to Defend Against It
Defending against Malware is something we all need to do. This post will discuss a particular form of malware called Ransomware and how to put some defences in place to mitigate its effects. What is Ransomware? Ransomware is a form of malware that when it infects a system will encrypt files making then inaccessible to... Continue Reading →