In previous essays, we discussed ethics as a process of reflection and deliberation; an iterative and participatory process in which you look at your project from four different ethical perspectives: consequentialism (pluses and minuses), duty ethics (duties and rights), relational ethics (interactions and power), and virtue ethics (virtues and living together). We will now […]

In 1999, Salesforce created the first true software-as-a-service (SaaS) package. Now there are more than 10,000 cloud-based applications aimed at enterprises and SMEs, covering everything from core business functions, such as finance or enterprise resource planning (ERP), to niche tasks. This proliferation of SaaS technology has helped organisations to modernise, digitise and automate business […]

The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) has approved a five-year digital strategy for Police Scotland that seeks to shift the force from “doing digital” to “being digital” through a series of investments into both new and existing technology capabilities. Drafted with the assistance of consultancy firm Ernst & Young and XXX Capgemini, the strategy outlines […]

Plans by the government in the Online Safety Bill to require tech companies to scan encrypted messages will damage the UK’s reputation for data security, the UK’s professional body for IT has warned. BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, which has 70,000 members, said that government proposals in the new laws to compromise end-to-end […]

Users of Juniper Networks SRX series firewalls and EX series switches are being warned to patch four different vulnerabilities affecting the Junos operating system (OS) as a matter of urgency after exploitation was detected in the wild. Juniper disclosed the vulnerabilities on 17 August 2023, and issued patches for each of them. Left unaddressed, […]

By Ricardo Villadiego, Lumu Technologies Published: 01 Sep 2023 The recent operation against the Qakbot (“Qbot”) botnet by the US’ FBI, Justice Department and their international partners is nothing short of commendable. By taking down this long-running botnet, we have been shown what is possible when the cyber security community works together to take […]

With an estimated 43 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices expected to be in use globally in 2023, their security is growing in importance across a wide range of sectors. As IoT devices generate and exchange data, we depend on that data to be accurate and reliable. In addition, because they are networked, their […]

What is I/O (input/output)? I/O (input/output), pronounced “eye-oh,” describes any operation, program or device that transfers data to or from a computer. Common I/O devices include printers, hard disks, keyboards and mice. Input/output devices play a crucial role in computer programming by streamlining how computing devices communicate across a network. Why is I/O important? In […]

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and its partner agencies in the Anglophone Five Eyes collective have formally attributed a campaign of cyber attacks against Ukrainian military targets to the Sandworm advanced persistent threat (APT) actor, backing up previous assertions by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), which first exposed the novel Infamous […]

Cyber criminals targeting the accounts of social media users with an infostealer malware known as Ducktail are dramatically increasing their activity, and threat actors based out of Vietnam continue to drive the new surge, according to intelligence compiled by WithSecure. Ducktail first emerged a little over 12 months ago, targeting business accounts on Facebook […]