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Microsoft Plans Low-Cost Tablet Line To Rival iPad
Microsoft is planning to release a line of lower-cost Surface tablets as soon as the second half of 2018, seeking a hit in a market for cheaper devices that Apple Inc. dominates with the iPad, according to people familiar with the matter. Microsoft has tried this...
Google Drive Renamed To Google One With New Storage Plans
Google has announced it is revamping its cloud storage and renaming Google Drive to Google One. In addition to a new name, there are new features and pricing plans. It will also add more versatility for those who opt for the basic free account with 15 GB of storage....
What Is A Data Protection Officer?
It’s almost 25th May, and if you’re like a lot of other companies around the world, you’re doing everything you can to get your GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) ducks in a row. As a refresher, GDPR is the new privacy protection act taking effect in the EU...
Hapless US Police Department Taken Down For A Second Time In A Month By Ransomware
A US police force has been hit by two data-shredding ransomware attacks within the space of just one month - with the FBI called in to investigate. The attacks on the network and servers of the police department in Riverside, Illinois took down months of police...
Half Of UK Organisations Have Fallen Prey To Ransomware Attacks
A year after the WannaCry ransomware attack impacted an estimated 200,000 victims and 200,000 computers, new research from Webroot has revealed that organisations across the UK are still struggling to deal with ransomware. Webroot surveyed over 400 IT decision makers...
The Importance Of Cybersecurity And GDPR
When you hear the term cybersecurity, you would be forgiven if your mind wandered to an image of a Hollywood-style hacker, frantically typing away in front of multiple monitors, with lines of code pouring down the screens. This is the impression put upon us by shows...
IBM Bans All Removable Storage, For All Staff, Everywhere
IBM has banned its staff from using removable storage devices. An advisory to staff penned by IBM global chief Information security officer Shamla Naidoo said the company “is expanding the practise of prohibiting data transfer to all removable portable storage devices...
Hackers Exploit Office 365 Security Flaw In Malware And Phishing Campaigns
Security researchers are exploiting a new zero-day vulnerability in Office 365 that enables hackers to bypass security systems to send malicious emails. Dubbed BaseStriker by the researchers at security firm Avanan, the flaw affects the way that Office 365 servers...
Microsoft Teams Trial For Commercial Cloud Customers
A free 1-year trial of Microsoft Teams will soon be available for any user of Office 365 or Azure Active Directory (AAD), even if the user is not yet licensed for the service. Microsoft are rolling out this trial, beginning June 1. As customers have requested the...
Most Top Travel Websites Fail To Protect User Security
Dashlane (the password manager company) examined password and account security on 55 of the world’s most popular travel-related sites, and found that 89% of sites leave their users’ accounts perilously exposed to hackers due to unsafe password practices. Researchers...