If you want to set up quick and easy cloud storage from your Windows PC for storing, sharing and saving files across your different devices you can use OneDrive. Here’s how to set it up: (more…)

A new kind of pilot secure email service called ‘AccountGuard’ has been launched by Microsoft, specifically for use by election candidates, and as one answer to the kind of interference that took place during the last US presidential election campaign. (more…)

A bi-annual study by FireEye has found that less than a third of over half a billion emails analysed were considered clean enough not to be blocked from entering our inboxes. (more…)

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reported taking 500+ calls per week reporting GDPR data breaches, but one-third of the calls appear to be based on myths and misunderstandings or over-reporting about GDPR matters. (more…)

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has found the UK government guilty of violating the right to privacy of citizens under the European convention because the safeguards within the government’s system for the bulk interception of communications were not strong enough to provide guarantees against abuse. (more…)

Deep fakes are digitally manipulated videos that have been created using deep learning technology to make the subject of the video (often a famous person) say anything the video maker wants them to say, even incorporating the style and facial expressions of another person. (more…)

Carbon Black, a cyber security software provider, has published research on the UK cyber security market which argues that cyber criminals are spending nearly a $1 trillion dollars a year on cyber attacks whereas businesses are spending a ‘mere’ $100 billion on cyber security solutions worldwide.

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The Conferderation of British Industry (better known as the CBI) ran its annual Cyber Security Conference in London this week. The event, designed ‘to give you real solutions to cyber issues’ had headline conference speeches by the head of the National Cyber Security Centre (a GCHQ division) and the ICO. (more…)

The glum figure comes courtesy of the ICO’s annual Original Benchmark Research programme. The annual audit of public perception on cyber security found that trust and confidence in businesses storing and using personal data had increased from 21% in 2017 to 34% in 2018. (more…)

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a £60,000 fine to Stevenage-based Everything DM Ltd, a marketing company selling email marketing services. (more…)