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AI Harvesting Personal Data
A recent AI trend is the creation of personalised doll images. On the surface this is a fun spin off of AI although some …
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3rd Party Security Breaches
In September 2023 it was announced that the Greater Manchester Police had suffered from a data hack exposing details used by the force’s security …
Can the Government Have Its Cake and Eat It? UK Online Safety Bill Is Live.
Kindus has discussed the progress of the UK Online Safety Bill before in March 2023 and September 2022. The law is designed to protect …
Smart Device Data Sharing
The Register has summarised a Which report indicating that many Smart or IoT devices are harvesting data that is far from necessary for the …
Open Source Intelligence
Open Source Intelligence should not be confused with Open Source software although it can involve the use of Open Source tools. Instead it relates …
Copyright, Only For Humans?
Unlike trademarks or patents Copyright does not need to be registered. It is designed to protect works created at least in part by humans. …
Attack Surface Management
The computing world is constantly throwing up new buzz words. Attack Surface Management is like many of these novel terms. It is not a …
Kindus 100 Posts and Counting
This is the 100th blog post on Kindus.co.uk, rest assured that none are AI generated but instead reflect the analysis and opinions of people …
Shadow IT Guidance
The UK NCSC has published guidance on identifying and controlling shadow or grey IT assets within corporations. Shadow IT refers to the use of …
UK – Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill
Update, October 2024, this bill was dropped following the 2024 election. The Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill is a UK Bill …
Takedowns of Fraudulent Web Services
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released its report on the 6th year of its Active Cyber Defence Programme (ACD). This is …
EU Digital Markets Act
The EU Digital Markets Act became law in 2022 and its terms began to apply from May 2023. Major Internet content providers needed to …
AI Generated News
Kindus has already discussed the issues of digital advertising fraud. A June 2023 report from NewsGuard implies that Artificial Intelligence is fuelling a boom …
Transparency And Cyber Attacks
It is impossible to estimate the proportion of data security incidents that occur but are not reported. We do have some idea of the …
How Common Are Prosecutions For Data Breaches?
The UK legislation on what data security measures should be in place and who to report a suspected breach to is covered by GDPR. …
Passkey Verification
Passkey verification is starting to move away from bespoke network access solutions to a wider Internet access model. It is supported by IOS 16 …
Fighting Fake Reviews
Kindus has already discussed the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill which includes provisions to ensure that sites take reasonable steps to ensure …
UK Smart Device Security Law
The UK Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Product Security) regime will come into force on 29th April 2024. This aims to improve security software …
Smart Speaker Data Leaks
Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri and Google Assistant all offer voice activated assistance. Similar technology such as the Ring doorbell also include cameras so can …
Shoulder Surfing Mobile Device Fraud
With increasing use of mobile devices for banking and contactless payment a small but significant threat has emerged from loss of the phone together …
New UK Digital Markets Legislation
On 25th April 2023 the UK government introduced the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill to parliament. This was the formal first reading, …
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