Log4j is still out there and must not be ignored – so I have highlighted the NCSC advice and added a link to all the Log4j articles I have posted. Log4j – Smart Thinking Solutions There will be cyber news updates on Smart Thinking throughout the holidays and a round-up here on New Year’s Eve. …

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Although we all have time off over Christmas and the New Year – the nature of the work we carry out for clients means that we never really stop. Computers and IT infrastructure can have issues any time of the night or day and cyber security incidents are unpredictable. I used to go out and …

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Highlights from this week are the Reith Lectures by Professor Stuart Russell, examining AI and it’s possible future impact on humanity. The first episode got me thinking and I am looking forward to the rest of the lectures. There are also several articles looking at the UK’s Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI) and …

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With Christmas round the corner I have been spending time on various shopping sites, where Edge was constantly suggesting useless discount coupons to me. Worse then that, poor coding meant that the pop-up box suggesting coupons would often appear blank, just obscuring the web page I was wanting to read. How to disable Microsoft Edge …

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