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Peter Venton OBE, BSc, CEng, MIET – former Major Programme Review Chairman for HMG UK on Digital DemocracyJuly 26, 2019
In this exciting and provocative book, Ken argues that the general-purpose computer and the software built around it hasn’t changed,…
Capers Jones III on Digital DemocracyJuly 26, 2019
‘This book is a must-read for anyone concerned with software quality, hacking, malware and cybercrime. It covers the waterfront on…
ken@sipantic on Infallible AutomationJuly 26, 2019
The new book on this subject is ‘Digital Democracy’ and survival in cyberspace.

9to5Mac: New ‘unpatchable’ exploit allegedly found on Apple’s Secure Enclave chip, here’s what it could mean August 2, 2020
9to5Mac: New 'unpatchable' exploit allegedly found on Apple's Secure Enclave chip, here's what it could mean.https://9to5mac.com/2020/08/01/new-unpatchable-exploit-allegedly-found-on-apples-secure-enclave-chip-heres-what-it-could-mean/
WIRED: The Garmin Hack Was a Warning August 2, 2020
These attacks are unstoppable. Everything is going to get worse as time goes by until industry fails to support the economy and democracy grinds to a halt. Cyberspace is a digital damn that leaks badly and no one knows how to stop it. See my book for more @ www.sipantic.net.WIRED: The Garmin Hack Was a […]
WIRED: How the Alleged Twitter Hackers Got Caught August 1, 2020
It is the centralized, dictator architecture of GPCS that will bring down the nation.WIRED: How the Alleged Twitter Hackers Got Caught.https://www.wired.com/story/how-alleged-twitter-hackers-got-caught-bitcoin
While this interesting technology may secure the data it does not provide a secure mechanism for the algorithms. Ars Technica: IBM completes successful field trials on Fully Homomorphic Encryption July 31, 2020
Ars Technica: IBM completes successful field trials on Fully Homomorphic Encryption.https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/07/ibm-completes-successful-field-trials-on-fully-homomorphic-encryption/
TechRadar: Multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in Tor have been disclosed online July 31, 2020
Even the acclaimed Tor browser has unsolved vulnerabilities, things just keep getting worse!TechRadar: Multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in Tor have been disclosed online.https://www.techradar.com/news/tor-network-hit-by-two-major-zero-day-attacks
Forbes: ‘BootHole’ Secure Boot Threat Found In Most Every Linux Distro, Windows 8 And 10 July 30, 2020
Forbes: 'BootHole' Secure Boot Threat Found In Most Every Linux Distro, Windows 8 And 10.https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/07/29/boothole-secure-boot-threat-confirmed-in-most-every-linux-distro-windows-8-and-10-microsoft-ubuntu-redhat-suse-debian-citrix-oracle-vmware/
Slate: The Cyberattack on Garmin Poses a Complicated Question for the U.S. Government July 29, 2020
Slate: The Cyberattack on Garmin Poses a Complicated Question for the U.S. Government.The nation faces two opposing extremes neither of which seems acceptable. On one side government spy agencies claim the need to monitor the world through the open back doors of computer science. See Civilizing Cyberspace: The Fight for Digital Democracy. As explained, hand democracy demands […]
Security obfuscated July 23, 2020
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chintangurjar_twitterhack-cybercrime-cybersecurity-activity-6690421290744070144-7KKD
Slate: The Twitter Hack Shows a Major Cybersecurity Vulnerability: Employees July 22, 2020
While cybersecurity advances have hardened IT infrastructure and made it increasingly difficult to hack systems remotely, criminals have a logical way around these measures: targeting the employees who are already inside the systems. Slate: The Twitter Hack Shows a Major Cybersecurity Vulnerability: Employees.https://slate.com/technology/2020/07/twitter-hack-human-weakness.html
NBC News: Apollo 11 'disaster' video project highlights growing danger of deepfake tech July 20, 2020
In a world completely controlled by cyberspace it will be increasingly difficult to understand truth from lies unless data is watermarks at the point of origination using capability limited addressing.NBC News: Apollo 11 'disaster' video project highlights growing danger of deepfake tech.https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/