Apple’s Video-Calling ‘Eavesdropping’ Bug
Apple Inc has found itself at the centre of a security alert after a bug in group-calling of its FaceTime video-calling feature has been found to allow eavesdropping of a call’s recipient to take place prior to the call being taken.
Sound,…
Research Reveals Top-Selling Car Keyless Theft Risk
Research by consumer Group Which? has revealed that hundreds of popular models of car are vulnerable to “keyless theft”.
Keyless Car Theft
Keyless car entry systems enable owners to unlock the doors of their car with the brush of…
Millions of Taxpayers’ Voiceprints Added to Controversial HMRC Biometric Database
The fact that the voiceprints of more than 2 million people have been added to HMRC’s Voice ID scheme since June 2018, to add to the 5 million plus other voiceprints already collected, has led to complaints and challenges to the lawfulness…
Too Much Time In Front of a Screen Adversely Affects Child Development Says Study
Psychologists from the University of Calgary have published a study in the JAMA journal of Paediatrics, which found that 2-5 years old who engaged in more screen time received worse scores in developmental screening tests.
The Study
The…
IT Security Updates issue 12
In this edition we find Gartner’s latest cyber-security awareness-building idea, the Centre for Internet Security’s top three ‘threat’ trends for 2019, Cambridge Analytica’s latest woes at the hands of the ICO, how even a small pottery…
Biggest Personal Data Breach Puts Password Effectiveness In The Spotlight
Password-based authentication has long been known to be less secure than other methods such as multi-step verification or biometrics, but a massive leak of a staggering 87GB of 772.9 million emails, 21.2 million passwords and 1.1 billion email…
£15K Fine For Ignoring Data Access Requests
SCL Elections, the parent company of the now defunct Cambridge Analytica which was famously involved in the Facebook profile harvesting scandal, has been fined £15,000 for failing to respond to a data access request from a US citizen, and for…
Fake News Fact Checkers Working With Facebook
London-based, registered charity ‘Full Fact’ will now be working for Facebook, reviewing stories, images and videos, in an attempt to tackle misinformation that could “damage people's health or safety or undermine democratic processes”.
Why?
The…
Windows 7 Activation Errors A Coincidence Says Microsoft
Just after the January update on 8th January, Windows 7 users began to experience activation errors, but Microsoft put the issues down to coincidence, despite admitting that it had reverted changes made to activation servers in the update in…
Contactless Card Fraud Has Doubled
The UK’s fraud reporting service, Action Fraud, has reported that contactless card fraud doubled in 2018 to £1.8m stolen compared with £711,000 in 2017.
Average Theft Amount Increased
The latest Action Fraud figures have also revealed…
UK Government Warns ‘No Deal’ Brexit Could Mean Get A .COM Replacement For Your .EU
The UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has issued advice to holders of .eu domains that, in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, they may need to switch to another top-level domain such as .com and may also need…