Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Cornucopia "an abundant supply of good things of a specified kind".

8-)

Eurovision is nothing to do with EU. Even Israel is in Eurovision, although not clear why.

It's not 'rascist' either - as in:

Norway: Nil points

And if we do pretty crappily again this year it's for two reason:

1. The contest to find the song to represent the UK's offering was run by the BBC and not by Simon Cowell or Andrew Lloyd Webber.

2. Can't remember what this second reason is. Bu**er!

One for you to avoid Fred.




Update On Brexit: EU Finances Are Getting Desperate



https://uk.investing.com/analysis/update-on-brexit-200188644

cynic they do it by living around 20 to a home and pay only one council tax and save their cash but use all the services . that is how they live I could not live like that I would sooner be dead

around the town were I live the council are called out many times over this issue
they live on the paths because they can not all get in the house ,

in parts of London it even worse they live in sheds and old caravans with no wheels just the rotten shell .

do you think this is good for the country
one council tax and their are thousands of homes like this that is why the poll tax must come back

did any one watch the debate with the eu bloke last night . if their is a hard bexit Ireland will be in big trouble with their goods . Italy even worse and the French will just riot

may should walk away and pay nothing let the eu come to use we do not need them

and many of them just work bloody hard and legitimately, ignoring the gibes and snipes from whingeing bigots and racists

cynic that is not what asked of you it is not an abusive post I expected
how can councils protect services if so many do not pay into the system
and that is what is happening

it wasn't abusive and if it you feel it was aimed at you, then if the cap fits wear it

if you have knowledge of all these immigtants and illegals and where they live etc etc, then why don't you report straight to HMRC and DHSS?

NHS services hit by cyber-attack

As you've probably heard, a major incident is declared at hospitals after NHS services in England and Scotland hit, amid reports of organisations worldwide being hit by IT attacks.

How the cyber-attack is disrupting and affecting the NHS

Summary

NHS declare major incident after cyber attack on a number of hospital and GP surgeries across England

Ransomware software that locks computers, demanding payment, is being seen on screens



Similar infections are reported by Spanish utility firms, and in the US, China, Russia, Italy, Vietnam and Taiwan

Up to 25 NHS organisations In England are said to have been affected, as well as four GP surgeries in Scotland

GPs reported to be using pen and paper in some areas

Some hospitals are diverting patients

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is being briefed by the National Cyber Security Centre
Downing Street spokesman says the PM is being kept informed of the situation

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I'm not surprised about this really. Last month, when I went to my GP to give a blood sample, I found out they are still using Windows XP.

IMHO, all of this could have been totally avoided with much better IT practices. Currently, they do seem to be utterly non-existent!

Lastly, I am certain sure, that staff everywhere will put all their efforts into working around all of their problems. When it comes to the crunch, our NHS staff are utterly fantastic.

re this cyber lark

Are they attacking everyone or just orgs that can pay?


Also, bitcoin seems to be the "money" of choice for crooks, could this be the end of it?

Good article you found there on investing.com Maxk.

I've said all along the ball is in the EU court and if they want to play fair then a deal will be done but if not then they've got a lot more to lose than us.

It's a big enough basket case now and will get worse when we leave unless there are some fundamental reforms.

World map of 'Wannacry' ransom cyber attacks:

ExecLine

What company's will benefit from this , what stocks to buy ?

Do you think they will every find the hackers ? Not North Korea i hope.

Alders

I don't tip stocks before I've bought them myself. ;-)

DYOR. :-)

A total of 48 NHS trusts were hit by Friday's cyber-attack, of which all but six are now back to normal, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said.

Speaking after an emergency Cobra meeting, Ms Rudd said "there's always more" that could be done to protect against computer viruses.

She said 97% of NHS trusts were "working as normal" and there was no evidence patient data was affected.

Europol described it as "unprecedented" and said its cyber-crime team was working with affected countries to "mitigate the threat and assist victims".

The ransomware attack hit organisations in at least 99 countries. Here are some of the different ways different countries have been affected by the ransomware attack:

China: schools and universities
Taiwan: PC users
Spain: gas and telecommunications firms
USA: FedEx delivery service
Germany: railway ticket machines
Russia: government computers
France: Renault car factories
UK: NHS and Nissan car factories

Given that the hack works by exploiting a vulnerability in an old version of Microsoft Windows, it’s likely that many of the above are running out-of-date-software.

One of the main advantages of using Windows 10 is that it updates itself automatically and will always keep on doing so.

One of the main disadvantages of using a new version of Windows used to be, that hardware manufacturers were not always up to date with the latest Drivers.

Windows 10 has been around for a fair while now and so finding/updating all of the necessary hardware drivers isn't really a problem.

Here's the sort of thing I do with my own machine(s):

I use BT as an ISP and they conveniently provide me with Free 'BT Virus Protect' and 'BT Web Protect' anti-virus software and which 'auto-updates'. With it I can scan a download, set it to run in the background all the time and also do 'quick' and 'thorough' scans of my whole PC as and when I feel is necessary.

I use Windows 10 which I've already explained 'auto-updates'.

I use 'Driver Booster 4' to check all my Drivers are up to date.

i use 'CCleaner' to 'housekeep' my PC.

I try to keep all my software up to date and use a program called 'Secunia Personal Software Inspector' (Secunia PSI) to help me with this task. This isn't as good as it used to be these days so I do keep my eye on the 'Updates Available' buttons on lots of the software I use.

All my E-Mails, Photos, Documents, Music and Videos are saved in two other Cloud locations other than on my PC's hard drive.

I use robot programs to help me use and also store my Usernames and Passwords and also have encrypted back-up info' on this stuff stored elsewhere and also in two locations. BT have one of these called 'True Key'.

I hopeful I'm 'about 95% safe' or so. Hmmm?

Last year I got stung for a little over £400 on a 'Subscription Scam'. This was because I didn't adequately read the 'Terms and Conditions of Sale' concerning the so called 'Free Sample' I bought on-line. I should have sent it back within 14 days. I didn't do so and my credit card details kicked in. The sellers hit me for over a little over £200 for each of two months on the trot of supplied products before I could get out of the deal.

I use Linux that has auto updates it only cost me £20 to install