2017 Back Issues

January 2017 The lull between New Year and Chinese New Year is no time to neglect security.
February 2017 A year for trustworthiness and responsibility.
March 2017 Don't be a Spring Banquet for cyber-criminals.
May 2017 Beware of criminals phishing your credit card details.
June 2017 "One ought to design systems under the assumption that the enemy will immediately gain full familiarity with them." - Shannon
July 2017 "The whole notion of passwords is based on an oxymoron. The idea is to have a random string that is easy to remember. Unfortunately, if it's easy to remember, it's something nonrandom like 'Susan.' And if it's random, like 'r7U2*Qnp,' then it's not easy to remember." - Bruce Schneier
September 2017 "There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity." - Salman Rushdie
October 2017 'If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.' - Bruce Schneier
November 2017 “The Internet Age will promote the development of human life, production and productivity.” - Xi Jinping
December 2017 Hypponen's law: Whenever an appliance is described as being "smart", it's vulnerable.