by Matthew Cunliffe | 15th April 2022 | Security, Synology, Technological Thoughts | 37 Comments
by Matthew Cunliffe | 13th September 2021 | Platforms, Security, Synology, Technological Thoughts | 0 Comments
by Matthew Cunliffe | 3rd May 2020 | COVID-19, Development, Mobile Platforms, News, Security | 0 Comments
by Matthew Cunliffe | 29th January 2018 | Security, Technological Thoughts | 0 Comments
by Matthew Cunliffe | 4th May 2016 | Online, Security, Technological Thoughts | 0 Comments
15th April 2022 | Security, Synology, Technological Thoughts
Thank you to everyone who commented, and provided me with their iptables. I finally isolated the problem by starting up a virtual DSM and running it from scratch. The firewall.conf file written in the first part of the code was not being loaded by syslog before the...
13th September 2021 | Platforms, Security, Synology, Technological Thoughts
I am constantly irritated by the number of adverts and clickbait...
3rd May 2020 | COVID-19, Development, Mobile Platforms, News, Security
Updated on 5th May 2020 to reflect further information on data security. The UK government has been working on a COVID tracking app for the last month or so, designed to notify you if you have come into close proximity with someone who has has been diagnosed with the...
29th January 2018 | Security, Technological Thoughts
I received a telephone call this evening from a company that purported to be Lorien (on 0333 023 0006 if you are interested), a recruitment consultancy. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a problem, although at quarter to eight in the evening, is perhaps not the most...
4th May 2016 | Online, Security, Technological Thoughts
I've had a couple of these, rather pernicious, spam emails recently, which purport to be from Her Majesty's Courts & Tribunal Service and stating I need to attend court to hear the charges against me. Quite what the charges are, and when the court date is, I can't...
7th March 2015 | Security, Technological Thoughts
Having recently logged on to my Tweetdeck account, a web-based app that allows direct tweeting to any number of Twitter accounts, I was informed that I had to move my login from a unique Tweetdeck account to one of my Twitter accounts before the 31st March. This...
12th October 2014 | Mobile Phone, Privacy, Security, Technological Thoughts
I was recently issued with a contactless payment card by my bank, and I'll be frank: I've been dubious about the security of such cards, or indeed any Near Field Communication (NFC) systems. As I have been working with a client in London, the security of my payment...
19th October 2013 | Online, Privacy, Security
I've written before about an enterprise level secure email facility called MKryptor by Fresh Skies, but I've also been researching a few other options that are starting to arrive on the scene. One such option is Lockify. Where MKryptor relies on a server based...
2nd September 2013 | Privacy, Security
Last year I wrote an article bemoaning the lack of security for emails, particularly with companies sending personal data to confirm quotations. After the recent revelations that the US are quite happily running as much information as they can through a system through...
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