Barr Humbug

Unfortunately we will not be talking about the legendary A.G.Barr, Scottish manufacturer of the insanely popular Irn Bru, which until 2009 at least was ‘Made in Scotland from Girders’. No, we will be talking about a distinctly less sweet member of the Barr diaspora, although almost certainly also made from girders, William Barr. For those […]

Government delays final decision on Huawei

Article by Alex Scroxton – ComputerWeekly  Culture secretary says he cannot yet make specific decisions about Huawei’s involvement in the UK’s telecoms and mobile networks due to a lack of clarity from the US, effectively green-lighting its use. The government has failed to come to a decision as to whether a full ban should be […]

Mug Shot

Unless you have been participating in one of those tiresome live ‘off the grid’ challenges, and we mean a proper one, not one like these Dutch charlatans whose ‘off grid’ experience includes Internet access and DJ lessons rather than wild boar hunting, sticking and gutting which is proper ‘off grid’ activity in our book, you […]

To Fine, To Serve

Unless you have been stricken with memory loss, brainwashed by positive corporate messaging, or otherwise impaired, you will no doubt recall last year’s announcement that British Airways had lost a truckload of customers’ data which we covered in one of these missives and also updated as the numbers ebbed and flowed. In our update we […]

British Airways Faces $230 Million Fine for 2018 Breach

Article by Kevin Townsend – Security Week UK ICO Shows its Teeth in Fining BA £183 Million for 2018 Breach  The UK data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), announced Monday that it intends to fine British Airways (BA) a total of £183.39 million (just under $230 million) for the 2018 breach that compromised […]

Cyber Security – A special alliance leading the fight against cyber threat.

Last month the United States and United Kingdom commemorated the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a pivotal historical moment in which the two countries set an unprecedented standard of bilateral cooperation. Churchill and Roosevelt met on numerous occasions during World War II to discuss and deliberate strategy, and their hard work came to fruition on June […]

Silence is Golden

Do you remember reports about a Russian cybergang called Silence? They launched successful attacks against a number of Russian and other banks, predominately targeting ATM networks instructing them (probably via compromise of the backend) to dish out cash to mules who would phone up the hacking commander (mwahahaha) from the cashpoint and withdraw the monies, […]