23 Jan 2020

Travelex ransom, Sonos speakers' obsolescence

From Nine To Noon, 11:08 am on 23 January 2020

Technology commentator Bill Bennett talks to Lynn about the New Year's Eve attack on foreign exchange company Travelex and the differences between crypto and locker ransomware attacks.

Sonos has enraged consumers with its decision not to provide software updates for its oldest wireless speakers (anything before 2011) and why isn't Vodafone pushing its new wireless broadband packages to rural customers?

04 December 2019, Hessen, Darmstadt: IT security scientists are training in the "Cyber Range" room in the new "Athene" cyber security centre how infiltrated blackmail programs ("Ransomware") can be rendered harmless.

Photo: AFP