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Alan Woodward

@profw.bsky.social
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Computer Scientist with particular interest in cyber security & quantum technology.

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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We have mire privacy controld yet less privacy than ever www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
We have more privacy controls yet less privacy than ever
Has online privacy become
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
NCSC issues another warning about cyber threats from Russian activists - www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/pro-rus...
ncsc.gov.uk
Pro-Russia hacktivist activity continues to target UK organisations
The NCSC encourages local government and critical infrastructure operators to harden their ‘denial of service’ (DoS) defences
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
A welcome blow to cybercrime-as-a-service with this site being stopped blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
blogs.microsoft.com
Microsoft disrupts global cybercrime subscription service responsible for millions in fraud losses
Today, Microsoft is announcing a coordinated legal action in the United States and, for the first time, the United Kingdom to disrupt RedVDS, a global cybercrime subscription service fueling millions ...
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Encouraging to see NSA Zero Trust guidelines should be “…operating under the principles of ‘never trust, always verify’ and ‘assume breach.’ This approach is critical for safeguarding sensitive data, systems, and services against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.”
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I like playing with SDR. If you’re interested in GPS jamming and SDR this looks interesting github.com/patrykorwat/...
github.com
GitHub - patrykorwat/web-spectrum: Web app spectrum analyzers for tinySA, RTL-SDR and SDRplay
Web app spectrum analyzers for tinySA, RTL-SDR and SDRplay - patrykorwat/web-spectrum
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc... courtesy of @ciaranm.bsky.social
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Inadvertently, while debating the Robert Jenrick affair, two Daily Telegraph commenters have summed up information security throughout the ages | Ciaran Martin
Inadvertently, while debating the Robert Jenrick affair, two Daily Telegraph commenters have summed up information security throughout the ages
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc... courtesy of @ciaranm.bsky.social
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Inadvertently, while debating the Robert Jenrick affair, two Daily Telegraph commenters have summed up information security throughout the ages | Ciaran Martin
Inadvertently, while debating the Robert Jenrick affair, two Daily Telegraph commenters have summed up information security throughout the ages
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
It’s not what you do (sometimes) but the way that you do it.
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Replacing a secure messenger (and blocking others) with a state sponsored system that has surveillance always comes with this concern - www.scworld.com/brief/max-me...
scworld.com
Max Messenger data breach claimed by hacker on DarkForums
The attacker claims to have exfiltrated 142 GB of compressed data, including approximately 15.4 million user records with full names, usernames, and phone numbers.
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Sometimes turning it off and on to fix a problems isn’t that simple as you may have found after Microsoft January update learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
learn.microsoft.com
Windows 11, version 23H2 known issues and notifications
View announcements and review known issues and fixes for Windows 11, version 23H2
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
It’s all about how you ask the question - promising developments in having LLMs act like real experts. Break problems down and challenge answers arxiv.org/pdf/2512.24601
arxiv.org
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Troubling developments - personal freedoms are so valuable please pay attention to the efforts to erode them.
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Alan Woodward @profw.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Is it better to have many smaller data centres or fewer large ones - interesting balancing act as described by @zsk.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Honey, I shrunk the data centres: Is small the new big?
Huge data centres are being built to handle AI computing but some experts say they aren't necessary.
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