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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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TikTok Restrictions
Following a security review the UK announced in March 2023 that TikTok would be banned on government devices. While this action has some elements …
AI Generated Text – Security and Copyright
Kindus has already discussed the nature of AI generated text how bad grammar is no longer a flag that emails and documents are to …
WhatsApp Rules for the UK Government
WhatsApp has threatened to withdraw from the UK if the Online Safety Bill becomes law. Regardless of any such action its use within the …
UK Online Safety Bill Progress
Kindus discussed the principles and issues behind the UK Online Safety Bill in 2022. Since then it has moved through the parliamentary approval procedures …
Cyber Essentials 2023 Changes
Cyber Essentials the UK cyber security certification is to be updated on 24th April 2023. This will mean new questions but existing certifications will …
Reporting Cyber Incidents in the UK
On 2nd March 2023 the UK retailer WH Smith submitted a 10-line report of a data breach to the London Stock Exchange. The sketchy …
Protective Domain Name Service (PDNS)
PDNS is designed to protect networks from malicious websites by looking up the IP address of sites that a system tries to access against …
DMARC Email Protection
Fraudsters and scammers often send email by falsifying the sender’s address. If the sender appears to be trustworthy then the recipient is more likely …
Browser Vulnerabilities
The Chrome browser and its derivatives Opera and Edge were recently (January 2023) found to be vulnerable to Symstealer an attack that can be …
Password Manager Risks
It would be hard to argue against the case for password managers. Instead of needing to remember numerous passwords or even worse using the …
Protecting Networked Devices
IoT devices have become an important part of the communications infrastructure. Consider for example routers, printers, web cams or industrial control devices. In the …
PayPal Security Loophole
Criminals see PayPal related messages as an easy route for fraud. Many such requests are quick to spot as they do not relate to …
AI Text Poses a New Risk from Scammers
Until very recently the first signs to look for in recognising a fake or scam was poor grammar. The evolution of AI that can …
Evaluating the Threat from Quantum Computing
The core principle of most computer encryption is not that a code cannot be broken but that the time required to guess the key …
Digital Advertising Fraud
The most efficient way to host advertising on web pages or social media is through some form of programmatic advertising. The owner (publisher) of …
Qatar World Cup Cyber Attacks
It is no surprise that a major International event such as the 2022 World Cup would be a magnet for fraudsters and scammers. This …
Twitter Blue
The re-use of the word blue by Twitter seems to imply that ‘blue’ is good and is worth paying for. For some in the …
Mastodon Security
Some Twitter users have been considering moving to other, similar, platforms. Twitter has a massively larger subscriber base than any of the alternative services. …
Home Phones at Work?
There needs to be a clear line between device use for personal and work purposes. This will include phone calls, emails and application use. …
Social Media Workplace Risks
For many young and not so young workers social media is an important part of their lifestyle. They do not simply want to consume …
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