Totally agree with this - of all the work I do, dealing with fraud is the most frustrating. Somehow it's pretty straightforward to get an APT campaign busted and taken down but doing anything about a fraud network, which is scamming members of the public, can be impossible.
'The estimated £219bn cost of fraud to the UK needs to be an economic policy priority given the sizeable impact on UK business investment and, by extension, UK prosperity' writes Helena Wood in the latest RUSI Commentary.
The War on Fraud: How the UK can Step Up to the 21st Century Crime Wave
The latest UK fraud statistics put pressure on the UK government’s future Fraud Strategy to finally take decisive action
www.rusi.org
May 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Totally agree with this - of all the work I do, dealing with fraud is the most frustrating. Somehow it's pretty straightforward to get an APT campaign busted and taken down but doing anything about a fraud network, which is scamming members of the public, can be impossible.
Looking for some insightful commentary on cyber security issues? Well, keep searching but while you're doing so why not listen to me waffling?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa07...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa07...
The Security Space | Episode 85 | Rob Pritchard | Where Are We Going Wrong with Cloud Security?
YouTube video by The Security Space
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April 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Looking for some insightful commentary on cyber security issues? Well, keep searching but while you're doing so why not listen to me waffling?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa07...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa07...
If you like science fiction, detective noir, lovecraftian horror and well, other crazy stuff, then I can recommend The Gone World. I had no idea where it was going but couldn't put it down.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
The Gone World
Inception meets True Detective in this science fiction …
www.goodreads.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:09 AM
If you like science fiction, detective noir, lovecraftian horror and well, other crazy stuff, then I can recommend The Gone World. I had no idea where it was going but couldn't put it down.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
Sometimes I think the internet was a mistake and then something like this comes along
Total Eclipse of the Heart Played on Increasingly Smaller Rubber Chickens
Total Eclipse Of The Heart on the Chicken
YouTube video by Vinheteiro
youtube.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Sometimes I think the internet was a mistake and then something like this comes along
Probably fine
Trump's legal team isn't aiming to win, they're aiming to delay long enough for Trump to get executive power, corrupt the Department of Justice, defy the courts, and put himself above the law.
This isn't subtle, and nearly everyone recognized it, presumably including Supreme Court Justices.
This isn't subtle, and nearly everyone recognized it, presumably including Supreme Court Justices.
I can say with reasonable confidence that if you’re arguing a case in the Supreme Court of the United States and Justices Alito and Sotomayor are tag-teaming you, you are going to lose.
April 25, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Probably fine
Anyone of the tiny number of people on here who follow me heading to Cyber Threat 23 next year? I think the second conference I've ever attended (excluding speaking gigs).
www.sans.org/cyber-securi...
www.sans.org/cyber-securi...
November 15, 2023 at 3:49 PM
Anyone of the tiny number of people on here who follow me heading to Cyber Threat 23 next year? I think the second conference I've ever attended (excluding speaking gigs).
www.sans.org/cyber-securi...
www.sans.org/cyber-securi...
So, is there an app for this? It does seem like old twitter, which I like
October 17, 2023 at 4:30 PM
So, is there an app for this? It does seem like old twitter, which I like
FWIW my hot take on the fake Signal zero day is that I don't think it's especially good news that a bunch of people disabled a feature 'just in case'. We already drown people in real warnings to update, turn something off etc. Spreading FUD and taking needless action doesn't help anyone
October 17, 2023 at 3:52 PM
FWIW my hot take on the fake Signal zero day is that I don't think it's especially good news that a bunch of people disabled a feature 'just in case'. We already drown people in real warnings to update, turn something off etc. Spreading FUD and taking needless action doesn't help anyone