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Posted on 17 October 202510 October 2025

Because It’s Friday – Expression of offended dignity

smudge

There was no way this Hannah Fry video was not going to make “Because It’s Friday” – it includes two of our son’s favourite things, cats and maths. Do you want to know more about falling cats? The enduring puzzle of why cats always land on their feet – BBC …

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Posted on 16 October 202516 October 2025

How much does a data breach cost?

money

Well the fine in the case of the massive outsourcing firm, Capita, who did not adequately protect the information of over 6.5 million victims – £14M. Capita fined £14m for cyber-attack which affected millions – BBC News Here is a recap of the Capita hack from mid-2023: The Capita Data …

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Posted on 15 October 202515 October 2025

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – October 2025

patches and updates

Yesterday was the second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patch Tuesday. The day the cyber security world thinks about Microsoft patches and vulnerabilities. But remember other vendors also release cyber security and functionality updates and patches on or around the same time – check those as well. Our support team has …

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Posted on 14 October 202515 October 2025

Have a written incident response plan!

privacy and encryption

I have written about this before – write your plans down because when you and your support teams are under stress, during an incident, a well structured plan can be followed and if required adapted, to guide everyone through. Now the National Cyber Security Centre is telling all organisation to …

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Posted on 13 October 202515 October 2025

Apple takes bug-hunting seriously!

Apple is now offering a bounty of up to $2M for information leading to the identification of vulnerabilities in Apple software, firmware and operating systems. A major evolution of Apple Security Bounty, with the industry’s top awards for the most advanced research – Apple Security Research Your Takeaway This is …

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