If you use Google Chrome and you’d like to make sure that you know when you’re visiting a site that’s been hacked and you’d like to set up a watch list for sites that you regularly visit, or those that store personal data, here’s a handy browser extension that could help. (more…)

There have been rumours among some IT commentators that Microsoft may soon be offering a single subscription-based, Windows 10-style service named ‘Microsoft 365’ that offers home ‘power users’ a combo of its popular software including the operating system, MS Office, Skype, and even OneDrive. (more…)

For businesses to maintain an effective cyber defence, the ability to prevent, detect and stop smart botnets in real-time is now an important consideration. (more…)

Swedish YouTube vlogger, PewDiePie, is reported to have inspired some of his 77 million followers to hack 50,000 printers to promote his YouTube channel, and to draw attention to vulnerabilities in their printer firmware that could even be exploited by hackers to ‘fry’ a printer chip. (more…)

It has been reported that the police are conducting a trial of a facial recognition system in Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square over two days in the run-up to Christmas in a bid to identify people among the Christmas shoppers who are wanted by the police or the courts. (more…)

A statement from the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NCISA) has warned network operators that using software or hardware made by Chinese telecom equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE could represent a security threat. (more…)

According to research by Redscan, a tech support and cloud services company, the NHS’s ‘cyber resilience’ strategy is substandard and not fit for purpose. The findings of the research outlined a National Health Service failing to meet targets in the aftermath of the disastrous and costly WannaCry cyber attack that brought the NHS to its knees – resulting in hospital ward closures and cancelled operations. (more…)

According to security experts, from the FBI to Forbes, the Marriott Hotel’s data breach is the second largest data breach in technology history only eclipsed by Yahoo’s 2013 blunder. The event was a result of a merger between Starwood Hotels and Marriott in 2016. (more…)

Christmastime festivities can bring joy, but it can also bring out the ‘Scrooge’ in many of us. The Information Commissioner’s Office has published a blog which helpfully myth-busts some serious GDPR-inspired data privacy nonsense. The article came in response to the popular social media meme: (more…)

According to The Independent, small businesses are contravening GDPR with untold consequences for personal data and long-term security. Companies reported a barrage on rule-breaking activities and behaviours. The risk of a multi-million euro fine hasn’t quite impacted on SME leadership in relation to the scale and scope of GDPR within the workplace. (more…)