Surveillance Attack on WhatsApp
It has been reported that it was a surveillance attack on Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging app that caused the company to urge all of its 1.5bn users to update their apps as an extra precaution recently.
What Kind of Attack?
Technical…
3D Shopping Via Google Search
Later this month, Google will be rolling out 3D Augmented Reality (AR) in its search results, a change which could allow retailers to show their products online in a way that enables customers to a virtually ‘try’ those products and see…
Proposed Legislation To Make IoT Devices More Secure
Digital Minister Margot James has proposed the introduction of legislation that could make internet-connected gadgets less vulnerable to attacks by hackers.
What’s The Problem?
Gartner predicts that there will be 14.2 billion ‘smart’,…
G7 Cyber Attack Simulation To Test Financial Sector
The G7 nations will be holding a simulated cyber-attack this month to test the possible effects of a serious malware infection on the financial sector.
France
The attack simulation was organised by the French central bank under France’s…
Data Breach Report A Sharp Reminder of GDPR
The findings of Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report have reminded companies that let customer information go astray that they could be facing big fines and damaging publicity.
The Report
The annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations…
IT Security Updates issue 18
The latest news from the sector sees HMRC fall foul of GDPR rules on biometric data content, Dell and Sierra Wireless rush out patches to fix flaw issues, farming businesses now targeted by cyber criminals, new rules on IoT hardware being devised…
New AI Feature For Microsoft Word Online To Improve Your Writing
The new ‘Ideas’ feature, an AI-powered editor in the cloud for Microsoft Word is intended to provide intelligent suggestions to make your writing more concise, readable, and inclusive.
Ideas
The new ‘Ideas’ feature, which is already…
Google Offers Auto-Delete of History After Three Months
Google is joining tech giants Facebook and Microsoft by offering users greater privacy of their data which for Google will give its users the option to automatically delete their search and location history after three or eighteen months.
What’s…
GDPR Says HMRC Must Delete Five Million Voice Records
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has concluded that HMRC has breached GDPR in the way that it collected the biometric voice records of users and now must delete five million biometric voice files.
What Voice Files?
Back in…
Microsoft’s Move Away From Passwords Towards Biometrics
In a recent interview with CBNC, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer Bret Arsenault signalled the corporation’s move away from passwords on their own as a means of authentication towards (biometrics) and a…
First Organ Delivery By Drone
A human kidney for transplant has been delivered by drone to a Medical Centre in Baltimore in the first flight of its kind.
Cutting Edge Technology
The drone transportation of the living organ over a one-mile journey used cutting-edge…