by alex | Mar 29, 2017 | newsletter
Scammers have been quick to exploit a rise in the value of web-based, crypto-currency Bitcoin by launching bogus online schemes with the lure of false money-making offers. What Happened to Bitcoin? At the beginning of March, the value of a unit of Bitcoin exceeded the...
by alex | Mar 29, 2017 | newsletter
After the opening of new National Cyber Security Centre in London in February (to act as part of GCHQ in Cheltenham), businesses are being encouraged to report serious data breaches to the NCSC in confidence. Confidential Peter Yapp, the deputy director for the...
by alex | Mar 29, 2017 | newsletter
A new report by PwC claims that over 30% of UK jobs could be lost to automation by the year 2030. Robot Replacements Advances in AI, robotics, and technology could mean that many jobs that need humans today may be carried out by robots in the next 15 years. Which...
by alex | Mar 29, 2017 | newsletter
The UK and US governments have introduced a ban on taking laptops and tablets on planes as cabin baggage on flights from selected Middle East and North African Countries. Which Countries? For the UK, the ban covers all flights from 6 countries: Egypt, Turkey, Jordan,...
by alex | Mar 29, 2017 | newsletter
The discovery that last week’s London terror attacker Khalid Masood used WhatsApp’s encrypted message service minutes before the killings have led for calls, not least by Home Secretary Amber Rudd, to give the government access to the un-encrypted content of messages...
by alex | Mar 23, 2017 | newsletter
A man has been arrested after he alleged tweeted a flashing animated strobe-style picture, which triggered an epileptic seizure in the recipient. US police found (after searching sender 29-year-old John Rayne Rivello’s computer) that he had been researching the...
