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Poor router security is making Brits vulnerable to cyberattacks
UK consumers are putting themselves at risk of attack by failing to update the security protection on home hardware such as routers. A study by Avast has found that many users rarely update their router’s firmware or change the factory settings login credentials,...
Researcher Hacks Smart Fingerprint Padlock In Seconds
The Tapplock one “smart” padlock, which received many rave reviews by tech-focused news sites and YouTubers, can be forced to open in under two seconds with a smartphone. The discovery was made by Pen Test Partners researcher Andrew Tierney, who decided to probe the...
Apple Prohibits Developers From Using &/orSelling Users’ Contacts
According to new rules recently published by Apple, iOS app developers must refrain from creating a database of the information gleaned from users’ Contacts and to sell it on. Wealth of private information The information contained in Contacts can be substantial....
US Cyber Command Given Powers To Launch Cyber Attacks On Other Nations
US Cyber Command has been empowered to launch attacks against foreign countries. The more aggressive approach will be targeted at states that host or sponsor malicious hacking groups believed to be behind attacks on US companies and infrastructure. It represents a...
Email Attacks Still Biggest Threat To UK Businesses
Email is still the number one threat factor among businesses, with four in five suffering an attack in the last year, according to new research. Barracuda polled 145 organisations across EMEA and concluded that 73 per cent felt the frequency of various email attacks...
Dixons Carphone Admits Security Breach Spilling 5.9 Million Card Details
Dixons Carphone, the retail chain responsible for the Dixons Travel, Currys, Carphone Warehouse and PC World shops, has admitted a security breach in which card details of up to 5.9 million people were spilled. In a separate security breach, 1.2 million general user...
Vulnerable Ship Systems: Many Left Exposed To Hacking
Pen Test Partners’ Ken Munro and his colleagues – some of which are former ship crew members who really understand bridge and propulsion systems – have been probing the security of ships’ IT systems for a while now and the results are depressing: satcom terminals...
EE To Switch On ‘UK’s first’ 5G Trial In London
EE will switch on the UK’s first live 5G trial in October, allowing consumers and businesses to test out the next generation of mobile networks in London’s Tech City. A social media search for five SMBs and five residents to test the network using prototype devices...
Most Businesses Still Struggling With Mobile Working And Security
95 percent of surveyed organisations in the UK recognise problems with mobile and remote working, and worryingly, 18% suggest their mobile workers don’t care about security, according to Apricorn. Does mobile working equal trouble? All surveyed IT decision makers...
Apple’s macOS 10.14 Mojave – Security And Privacy Updates
Security is a constant topic of conversation in the tech world and Apple made sure to address it at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2018 Monday, where company leaders announced a bevy of new protections for the latest version of their macOS operating system,...