Alan Woodward
@profw.bsky.social
Computer Scientist with particular interest in cyber security & quantum technology.
NCSC issues another warning about cyber threats from Russian activists - www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/pro-rus...
Pro-Russia hacktivist activity continues to target UK organisations
The NCSC encourages local government and critical infrastructure operators to harden their ‘denial of service’ (DoS) defences
www.ncsc.gov.uk
January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
NCSC issues another warning about cyber threats from Russian activists - www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/pro-rus...
A welcome blow to cybercrime-as-a-service with this site being stopped blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
Microsoft disrupts global cybercrime subscription service responsible for millions in fraud losses
Today, Microsoft is announcing a coordinated legal action in the United States and, for the first time, the United Kingdom to disrupt RedVDS, a global cybercrime subscription service fueling millions ...
blogs.microsoft.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:18 PM
A welcome blow to cybercrime-as-a-service with this site being stopped blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
Encouraging to see NSA Zero Trust guidelines should be “…operating under the principles of ‘never trust, always verify’ and ‘assume
breach.’ This approach is critical for safeguarding sensitive data, systems, and services against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.”
breach.’ This approach is critical for safeguarding sensitive data, systems, and services against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.”
January 17, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Encouraging to see NSA Zero Trust guidelines should be “…operating under the principles of ‘never trust, always verify’ and ‘assume
breach.’ This approach is critical for safeguarding sensitive data, systems, and services against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.”
breach.’ This approach is critical for safeguarding sensitive data, systems, and services against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.”
I like playing with SDR. If you’re interested in GPS jamming and SDR this looks interesting github.com/patrykorwat/...
GitHub - patrykorwat/web-spectrum: Web app spectrum analyzers for tinySA, RTL-SDR and SDRplay
Web app spectrum analyzers for tinySA, RTL-SDR and SDRplay - patrykorwat/web-spectrum
github.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I like playing with SDR. If you’re interested in GPS jamming and SDR this looks interesting github.com/patrykorwat/...
www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc... courtesy of @ciaranm.bsky.social
Inadvertently, while debating the Robert Jenrick affair, two Daily Telegraph commenters have summed up information security throughout the ages | Ciaran Martin
Inadvertently, while debating the Robert Jenrick affair, two Daily Telegraph commenters have summed up information security throughout the ages
www.linkedin.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM
www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc... courtesy of @ciaranm.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc... courtesy of @ciaranm.bsky.social
Inadvertently, while debating the Robert Jenrick affair, two Daily Telegraph commenters have summed up information security throughout the ages | Ciaran Martin
Inadvertently, while debating the Robert Jenrick affair, two Daily Telegraph commenters have summed up information security throughout the ages
www.linkedin.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc... courtesy of @ciaranm.bsky.social
It’s not what you do (sometimes) but the way that you do it.
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
It’s not what you do (sometimes) but the way that you do it.
Replacing a secure messenger (and blocking others) with a state sponsored system that has surveillance always comes with this concern - www.scworld.com/brief/max-me...
Max Messenger data breach claimed by hacker on DarkForums
The attacker claims to have exfiltrated 142 GB of compressed data, including approximately 15.4 million user records with full names, usernames, and phone numbers.
www.scworld.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Replacing a secure messenger (and blocking others) with a state sponsored system that has surveillance always comes with this concern - www.scworld.com/brief/max-me...
Sometimes turning it off and on to fix a problems isn’t that simple as you may have found after Microsoft January update learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
Windows 11, version 23H2 known issues and notifications
View announcements and review known issues and fixes for Windows 11, version 23H2
learn.microsoft.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Sometimes turning it off and on to fix a problems isn’t that simple as you may have found after Microsoft January update learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
It’s all about how you ask the question - promising developments in having LLMs act like real experts. Break problems down and challenge answers arxiv.org/pdf/2512.24601
arxiv.org
January 16, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It’s all about how you ask the question - promising developments in having LLMs act like real experts. Break problems down and challenge answers arxiv.org/pdf/2512.24601
Troubling developments - personal freedoms are so valuable please pay attention to the efforts to erode them.
Happy for the police to hang on to your phone, laptop and cloud data indefinitely without even a requirement of reasonable suspicion? Such laws and proposals look dry on the page but erode personal freedom. Cracking debate this afternoon in the House of Lords: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
House of Lords
parliamentlive.tv
January 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Troubling developments - personal freedoms are so valuable please pay attention to the efforts to erode them.
Is it better to have many smaller data centres or fewer large ones - interesting balancing act as described by @zsk.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Honey, I shrunk the data centres: Is small the new big?
Huge data centres are being built to handle AI computing but some experts say they aren't necessary.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Is it better to have many smaller data centres or fewer large ones - interesting balancing act as described by @zsk.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...