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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. ” Fitis’s Livejournal account. Image: Archive.org. 16, 1982 and residing in Moscow.

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Business of Data – issue 6

Information Matters

“The potential for digital technology to transform health care is well documented, but as companies race to develop the next algorithm, much of their success rests on their ability to access patient data. Harnessing the value of NHS patient data – The Lancet, 16 November 2018. Use of NHS patient data in the UK is a complex issue.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

The penalty, which was by far the biggest GDPR fine in the eight months that the Regulation had been in effect, related to two violations: Google had failed to adequately explain to its users why it was collecting their data, and it didn’t document a legal basis for doing so. Unsurprisingly, the judge dismissed the case.