I am going to start this week’s round-up with the latest cyber security advisory from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – which you all should read. I made some changes to my Cyber Security Master Class this week, when this advisory came out, and took the students through each of the points that […]
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If you keep up with the cyber security news you can then make the decisions needed to protect your systems. Before the usual preamble I have to start by highlighting the increased cyber security threat to everyone, following the escalation of the Ukraine Russia conflict. We have published advice and reports this week both on
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With the rapidly changing political situation around the world organisations have a responsibility to make sure their cyber security house is in order. WordPress This morning we have noticed an increase in the number of malicious login attempts against WordPress websites. Why is WordPress a target? It is a target rich environment. Make sure you implement various
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This week I got to report on a cyber security incident that had implications for me as I have an online account with them: San Francisco 49ers hit by BlackByte ransomware A number of the articles this week highlight that all organisations must be taking positive steps to improve and then manage their cyber security.
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The UK Government’s Draft Online Safety Bill makes several headlines this week. The aim of this blog has always been to make people think about cyber security and privacy, so take this opportunity to read these articles and think about how this new law may help or hinder your privacy. Online Safety Bill articles (Smart
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The first item I’d like to highlight this week, is a good news story. It is the success of the students from Girvan Academy, in the NCSC CyberFirst Girls Competition Scotland. The UK Government’s controversial draft Online Safety Bill has not been amended or dumped yet – with the The Internet Society now joining the
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I have been on leave for the past two weeks – so if you needed your cyber-news fix you needed to go directly to SmartThinking.Solutions, as I kept the stories up to date there, whilst I was away. Now I am back, I will be posting the weekly digests here again. Since late last year
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In a slow news week as we start the New Year – the headline is that the UK has a new Information Commissioner – however as he held a similar office in New Zealand we probably have a second-hand Information Commissioner!
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Only the highlights this week as I was on leave – but Pegasus and Log4j are still news.
Have a look at xkcd.
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