When it comes to sales, using story is your best strategy. Humans love stories— particularly when they’re interesting, engaging, and memorable. That’s why the people who sell with story have so much success: they take…
Top 3 Black Friday 2020 scams to avoid
Amid the mad dash for bargains and inevitable stories of shop-floor brawls, Black Friday brings with it a spike in cyber security threats, as cyber criminals take advantage of people desperate for bargains. In this…
Indistinguishability Obfuscation
Quanta magazine recently published a breathless article on indistinguishability obfuscation — calling it the “‘crown jewel’ of cryptography” — and saying that it had finally been achieved, based on a recently published paper. I want…
Symantec Reports on Cicada APT Attacks against Japan
Symantec is reporting on an APT group linked to China, named Cicada. They have been attacking organizations in Japan and elsewhere. Cicada has historically been known to target Japan-linked organizations, and has also targeted MSPs…
Detecting Phishing Emails
Research paper: Rick Wash, “How Experts Detect Phishing Scam Emails“: Abstract: Phishing scam emails are emails that pretend to be something they are not in order to get the recipient of the email to undertake…
How to Make Sure Your Social Media Posts…
With so many brands investing more and more in their social media presence, it is becoming harder and harder to stand out. You need to be always experimenting with new tricks and formats, and you…
Friday Squid Blogging: Ram’s Horn Squid Video
This is the first video footage of a ram’s horn squid (Spirula spirula) . As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t…
The US Military Buys Commercial Location Data
Vice has a long article about how the US military buys commercial location data worldwide. The U.S. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world, harvested from innocuous-seeming apps, Motherboard has…
Have you completed these 3 data protection tasks…
When the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 – sparking a transition period that ends on New Year’s Eve – there were plenty of questions about how organisations would transfer personal data to…
Friday Squid Blogging: Chinese Squid Fishing Near the…
The Chinese have been illegally squid fishing near the Galapagos Islands. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my…