av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 5, 2018 | Notiser

Every NHS trust assessed for cyber security vulnerabilities has failed to meet the standard required, civil servants have said for the first time.
In a parliamentary hearing on the WannaCry attack whoch disrupted parts of the NHS last year, Department of Health (DoH) officials said all 200 trusts had failed, despite increases in security provision.
Källa: Every NHS trust tested for cybersecurity has failed, officials admit
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 5, 2018 | Notiser

A British Facebook executive has revealed she has a form of blood cancer called follicular lymphoma.
Writing in the Sunday Times Magazine, Lady Mendelsohn said she had been diagnosed with the disease in November 2016.
She said telling her children she had cancer had been the hardest thing she had ever done.
Follicular lymphoma is a slow-growing form of cancer that in most cases cannot be cured.
Källa: Facebook executive has ’incurable’ cancer
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 5, 2018 | Notiser

WASHINGTON — President Trump accused a top Democratic lawmaker on Monday of being “one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington,” calling Representative Adam Schiff of California “Little Adam Schiff” and accusing him of illegally leaking confidential information from the House Intelligence Committee.
Källa: Trump Mocks ‘Little Adam Schiff’ as House Democrats Push to Release a Rival Memo
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 5, 2018 | Nyheter

WordPress har uppdaterat lösningen för bloggar, hemsidor och webbutiker till version 4.9.3.
Detta är en så kallad underhållsuppdatering vilket betyder att den rekommenderas men att det inte handlar om en strikt säkerhetsuppdatering. Den installeras oavsett det automatiskt. Då ett stort antal buggar och problem rättats så är det en version som du bör installera om du av outgrundlig anledning har slagit av automatiskt uppdateringar.
This maintenance release fixes 34 bugs in 4.9, including fixes for Customizer changesets, widgets, visual editor, and PHP 7.2 compatibility. For a full list of changes, consult the list of tickets and the changelog.
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av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 5, 2018 | Notiser

At the end of 2016, I sent a message to all my contacts: “After 31 December, I will not use WhatsApp any more. Instead, I will use Threema and Signal.”
On New Year’s Eve, I closed my WhatsApp account and deleted the app from my phone. A few clicks later, I’d left all my family, friend and work groups, the school groups of my children and all my individual contacts.
Källa: I deleted WhatsApp for a year and here’s what I learned