CyberWeekly

February 2025

Cyberweekly #256 - The AI Issue (again)

This is Cyberweekly 256, the first Cyberweekly whose issue number can’t be held in a single byte!

Feb 16 • 

Michael Brunton-Spall

Cyberweekly #255 - Principles that underpin our security education

I constantly use the refrain around “it’s not a technology problem, it’s a people problem” in a lots of contexts.

Feb 9 • 

Michael Brunton-Spall

Cyberweekly #254 - The real AI risk? Bad code, not just bad actors

It's been quite a week and I was really hoping to not talk about Deep Seek at all this week, but it sits at a really interesting nexus of thoughts…

Feb 2 • 

Michael Brunton-Spall

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January 2025

Cyberweekly #253 - Here little phishy

Phishing remains one of the biggest problems for firms in 2025, and we don't seem to be doing the right things about it.

Jan 26 • 

Michael Brunton-Spall

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Cyberweekly #252 - Keeping secrets secret

Our technical systems are filled with secrets, from passwords to API keys or even just internal IP addresses if you listen to some slightly tiresome…

Jan 19 • 

Michael Brunton-Spall

Cyberweekly #251 - It's not what you know, but who you know

Two sides of the same coin today, a reminder that who you know and how you interact with them is more important in many cases than the technical…

Jan 12 • 

Michael Brunton-Spall

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Cyberweekly #250 - Is this thing on?

Welcome to 2025, and the first newsletter in 7 months, and my 250th newslatter!

Jan 5 • 

Michael Brunton-Spall

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June 2024

May 2024

Cyberweekly #249 - We rely on people, but do we look after them?

Over a career spaning some 25 years, I've learned multiple programming languages, I've learned complex API's, memory management techniques, implemented…

May 19, 2024 • 

Michael Brunton-Spall

Cyberweekly #248 - On the subject of passwords

I hope you've all had a glorious week.

May 12, 2024 • 

Michael Brunton-Spall

April 2024

Cyberweekly #247 - Delivering what the users want

In Charles Arthur's book on cyber attacks, Cyber Wars (amazon affiliate link), Charles pointed out that the stock price of companies that suffered…

Apr 28, 2024 • 

Michael Brunton-Spall