HTTPS Google Chrome to deprecate TLS 1.0/1.1 Chrome plan to deprecate TLS 1.0 and 1.1 - this is what it means for you and here is how to test what version of TLS your website uses.
Infosec Serious RDP Vulnerability found in older OS'es - patch now A serious vulnerability in the popular RDP protocol can leave machines exposed to an attack that will allow a remote person full control. Be aware that AWS is notorious for allowing access to RDP and so I've included a script to help check.
Infosec Data mining the internet What happens when you start to data mine information collected from websites on the internet?
Security Encryption isn’t the solution to GDPR If you think GDPR can be circumvented just by encrypting everything, you've missed the point of what GDPR is about.
Security The US Government are upset at Intel Intel are in trouble with the US Government over Spectre and Meltdown, this is why the US Government are in the wrong.
HTTPS Why do I support HTTPS Everywhere? One of the things I'm passionately in support of is HTTPS everywhere. That is, every single website using HTTPS. It doesn't matter if it's a simple text site or if it's a full
Security Meltdown and Spectre 2018 is certainly kicking off with an interesting set of security issues that affect all processors in use today, Intel, AMD, ARM and so on. In short the three vulnerbilities are: Meltdown -
Security Can we tone down the GDPR Hysteria? I think I may have invented a new phrase today “GDPR Hysteria”, it’s when a company/management team/data protection officer takes the requirements of GDPR and dials them up 11 and
Security Why website security matters - a practical example. This happens all too often, someone will contact me and try to sell me something, an IT service, a new way of doing things, it doesn't matter. The thing is, if I'm contacted
Security InfoSec 2008 Well, After some false starts involving problems with London Undergrounds District Line I made it to Olympia and to Infosec 2008. The event itself is a good one for picking up the latest
Security InfoSec I had the pleasure of attending this years infosec event at Olympia and it was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon - even with the hard sell By some vendors!! I wasn't aware of any