There are bales of straw hanging from the Thames bridges. It is not a coincidence, it is a centuries-old security system

If you visit London, you may have seen that a huge bale of straw hangs from some bridges that cross the River Thames. Nobody has left it there by mistake, it is a signaling system that dates back to the 18th century. Notice to sailors. The reason for hanging a bale of straw from the … Read more

Barcelona believes it has a night security problem. So you’re going to leave the Christmas lights on all year long

Vigo risks losing his position as “city of lights” (from Spain). Although the Galician City Council usually displays its Christmas decorations already in July and boasts every year of the millions and millions of LEDs that adorn its streets for almost two months, from November to January, there is another city that is about to … Read more

The US electrical grid depends on Chinese devices. And that worries their national security

United States national security has always been measured on aircraft carriers, missiles and satellites. Today, however, a growing part of that security depends on something much more everyday: electricity. The grid that powers homes, hospitals, data centers and military bases is going through —despite political resistance from the Trump administration— an accelerated transformation towards renewable … Read more

One of the most downloaded apps for iPhone pays for recording calls to train AI models. It is a security disaster

The sale of personal data is not a hypothesis, it is an expanding reality. Just look at Spotify: Recently a service appeared that paid those who delivered their profile and their listening summaries to resell them to technology companies. The approach was as simple as disturbing, because it became something as innocent as our musical … Read more

We believed that the iPhone 17 and the Air shone by cameras and design. We have just discovered that they hide an exclusive security function

For a long time we have lived with the illusion that there are impenetrable computer systems. The reality is less resounding: in security, everything is reduced to how much effort, time and resources it requires to force a lock. Just as it is not the same to open the door of the house as the … Read more

From 2026 Social Security will give you months of contribution by calculating your retirement

As of January 1, 2026, Social Security will apply important changes in the Retirement pension calculation aimed at improving the situation of those who have had to stop quoting to take care of their children. The objective of the new regulations is to reduce the impact of the raising of children on the calculation of … Read more

I’ve been using Yi security cameras for years. It was delighted until the app became an advertising hell

More than five years ago I bought my first Security Chamber To monitor my cat when he got sick. It was YI brand and it worked great; He looked good, had movement alerts and could speak through the mic. With the passage of time I had more cats and I bought two more cameras of … Read more

Having more security in your company during a whole year costs less than 6 euros per month with Kaspersky

Computer attacks are the order of the day everywhere. It is difficult to maintain the safety of our devices aware, but we are already used to using tools such as VPN. Now, it is even more important to raise security if we have a company, since customer data also come into play. A good cybersecurity … Read more

There is something that we are not doing enough and we should for our own security: eliminate old accounts

The other day, for a comment from my boss about an email that came to him, he gave me to look The keychain in which I store all my passwords. I wanted to see how many session was stored. It turns out that they are 891. Eight hundred-Novent-and-one. It is impossible for you to use … Read more

Two 19 -year -old kids put Spanish national security with a bot and a telegram channel. The reason: they bored themselves

It happened a few days ago. The National Police had arrested two young people by the Data filtration of Pedro Sánchez and other high positions of the State. A massive filtration that, In police wordsis a “very serious threat to national security.” Behind all this there is no large group of perfectly coordinated hackers, only … Read more

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