Unless you’ve been living under a rock this last couple of months, you can’t fail to have heard about the cyber-attack that hit Jaguar-Landrover (JLR) in the last week of August. In this p...
I’ve written about this sort of thing before, but I keep seeing many “closing down” sob-stories on Facebook, so though it time to write another post showing how to tell if a site rea...
Users of the Futurehome smart ecosystem of lighting, thermostats, smoke detectors, etc. are facing scrapping their entire setup of being forced to pay an annual subscription of approx. £88 for a servi...
Windows Administrator accounts have the highest level of access and control over the computer system, and are used to manage user accounts, install software, change system settings, and access all fil...
Over the weekend, I was chatting to a friend who was telling me about a portable drive he had bought that had died within 24hrs of him receiving it. The drive in question was what looked to be a 1Tb S...
Almost a year to the day (30 & 31st June 2024) I posted about Operation Endgame – the operation, spearheaded by the National Crime Agency (NCA) to takedown several high-profile botnets, incl...
We are being targeted by disinformation networks that are vastly more effective most people realise, the product of which is making people hateful, depressed, angry, polarised and much more. Nation st...
As its International Women’s day, I thought I’d share a post about the Women who have shaped the modern world of IT that I wouldn’t be in a career without. First up, we have Augusta ...
A few weeks ago, I came across an article which made me rethink not only the world of IT, but the world in general. Now, typically, I don’t like writing about stuff I’ve read elsewhere wit...
Trigger warning – this post contains the topic of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) Whilst browsing Xitter the other day, I read a post by one of the people I follow – Troy Hunt For those...