123456 Still A Popular Password
A study by the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) into breached passwords has revealed that 123456 featured 23 million times, making it the most widely-used password on breached accounts.
Top Five Easy-To-Guess Passwords
The study,…
No Windows 10 Updates For PCs With USB Devices or SD Cards Attached
Microsoft has announced that if your PC has a USB device or SD card attached it will not be possible to upgrade the computer to the Windows 10 May 2019 Update because of an “Inappropriate drive reassignment” issue.
The Scenario
On…
Microsoft 365 Business Subscription Customers Get Shared Computer Activation (SCA)
SMEs that need to have multiple users (connecting to and using the same remote computer) but only have a (less-expensive) Microsoft 365 Business subscription have been given a boost by Microsoft in the form expanded rights with the imminent…
Fake Finger Fools Fool Proof Phone
A Reddit user claims to have used a 3D printer to clone a fingerprint and then use the fake fingerprint to beat the in-display fingerprint reader on a Samsung Galaxy S10.
Fingerprint Scanner
The Galaxy S10 and S10+ phone models have an…
New UK ‘Duty of Care’ Rules To Apply To Social Media Companies
The new ‘Online Harms’ whitepaper marks a world first as the UK government plans to
introduce regulation to hold social media and other tech companies to account for the nature of the
content they display, backed by the policing power…
IT Security Updates issue 17
The latest news from the sector sees Bounty UK fined £400,000 from the ICO, NCSC launch a venture capital drive for new cyber security start-ups, this month’s patch Tuesday updates …
New Mums Service
Bounty Fined £400,000 For Unlawfully…
Automatic Compensation For Broadband Problems Begins
This week will see the introduction of automatic compensation, without having to ask, for customers of BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and Zen Internet who experience delayed repairs, installations or missed engineer appointments.
More…
Is Huawei Really Dragging Its Feet Over Security?
After espionage chiefs from the ‘Five Eyes’ agreed last July that they would try to contain
the global growth of Chinese telecom Huawei (over fears that it was spying for China), a new report
from the Huawei Cybersecurity Evaluation Centre…
Experts Recommend Security Update For Magento E-commerce Sites
Security experts are warning companies with a Magento e-commerce site to make sure that it
has the latest security patch and updates in order to avoid the risk of card skimming attacks.
Magento
Magento, originally developed
by Varien…
HTTPS Security Vulnerabilities Found
Research teams at
Ca' Foscari University of Venice and Tu Wien in Austria have discovered security vulnerabilities in
the TLS browser encryption defence system of 5.5% of 10,000 HTTPS sites which could leave website
visitors vulnerable…
Facebook Rolls Out ‘Why Am I Seeing This Post?’ Tool
In an attempt to be more transparent and give more control to its users, Facebook is about
to roll-out a new “Why am I seeing this post?” tool, which will give users insights into their
newsfeed algorithm.
Algorithm Explained
The…
IT Security Updates issue 16
The latest news from
the sector finds the ICO fining companies big sums of money for spamming and
falling foul of data privacy rules, Huawei is a big risk but how big a risk for
your business(?), how ethical hackers are helping UK universities…