2019: Year of the Ransomware
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Author Archives: Ben Aylett
“Unfixable” iPhone flaw – how bad is it?
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ALERT: Malicious email campaign resurfaces as new threat
FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION Dubbed the largest and most dangerous botnet, Emotet has shown signs of new activity through increased spam email traffic. Due to the nature of this threat, I… Read more »
Google adds Telstra Voice to Google Home
Telstra has announced that voice calling via your Google Home or Google Nest device is now available for your Telstra mobile as of today. The service links your Telstra Mobile… Read more »
VW announces EV
The German juggernaut has unveiled a production ready full electric vehicle at the Frankfurt Motor Show dubbed the ID.3. This EV has been described as being as big as a… Read more »
August in tech history
1967 – Grace Hopper is recalled back into active duty in the US Navy to develop the COBOL programming language. Born in 1906, Hopper was one of the first programmers… Read more »
New Service Announcement : Free Cybersecurity Newsletter
I am launching a new product to help raise cybersecurity awareness for everyone. It is a free newsletter aimed at the everyday user. You don’t have to be a computer… Read more »
Your website got hacked – now what?
You might have just got your new website done or it might have been a couple of years since you updated it but you either find out by yourself or… Read more »
Older versions of Windows should be updated immediately
In various bulletins posted by numerous security organisations and Microsoft the Bluekeep vulnerability presents a significant and severe risk to any systems running Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP, Server… Read more »
Talking tech with Karl O’Callaghan.
Over the weekend I had a chat with 6PR’s Karl O’Callaghan about Telstra, NBN, 5G, what the future holds and what role telecommunications will play in our near future. https://benaylett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/6PR_Karl_NBN.mp3