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Alan Woodward

@profw.bsky.social

Computer Scientist with particular interest in cyber security & quantum technology.

34 Followers  |  174 Following  |  12 Posts  |  Joined: 26.08.2024  |  1.3963

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Pro-Russia hacktivist activity continues to target UK organisations The NCSC encourages local government and critical infrastructure operators to harden their โ€˜denial of serviceโ€™ (DoS) defences

NCSC issues another warning about cyber threats from Russian activists - www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/pro-rus...

19.01.2026 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Microsoft disrupts global cybercrime subscription service responsible for millions in fraud losses Today, Microsoftย is announcing a coordinated legal action in the United States and, for the first time, the United Kingdom to disruptย RedVDS, a global cybercrime subscription service fueling millions ...

A welcome blow to cybercrime-as-a-service with this site being stopped blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...

19.01.2026 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Encouraging to see NSA Zero Trust guidelines should be โ€œโ€ฆoperating under the principles of โ€˜never trust, always verifyโ€™ and โ€˜assume
breach.โ€™ This approach is critical for safeguarding sensitive data, systems, and services against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.โ€

17.01.2026 11:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

I like playing with SDR. If youโ€™re interested in GPS jamming and SDR this looks interesting github.com/patrykorwat/...

16.01.2026 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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/posts/cyberc... courtesy of @ciaranm.bsky.social

16.01.2026 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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/posts/cyberc... courtesy of @ciaranm.bsky.social

16.01.2026 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s not what you do (sometimes) but the way that you do it.

16.01.2026 11:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

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...

16.01.2026 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Windows 11, version 23H2 known issues and notifications View announcements and review known issues and fixes for Windows 11, version 23H2

Sometimes turning it off and on to fix a problems isnโ€™t that simple as you may have found after Microsoft January update learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...

16.01.2026 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™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

16.01.2026 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Troubling developments - personal freedoms are so valuable please pay attention to the efforts to erode them.

15.01.2026 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

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...

15.01.2026 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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