Uber made its trading debut at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) last week, but the opening share price was much lower than had been expected at only $45 per share. (more…)

The Global Trust Survey from service provider Jumio has revealed that a quarter of adults feel unsafe using online sharing services. (more…)

Digital Minister Margot James has proposed the introduction of legislation that could make internet-connected gadgets less vulnerable to attacks by hackers. (more…)

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 them in situ before buying them. (more…)

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. (more…)

WordPress, the ubiquitous content management platform, used by hundreds of millions of business websites worldwide, has a long history of plug-in vulnerability risks. The latest confirmed vulnerability comes from the WooCommerce Checkout Manager extension. (more…)

Remote Code Execution (RCE) issues in Dell’s client support tool – SupportAssist Client – now means this pre-installed resource could pose a long-term security threat for IT estate leadership. The latest RCE flaw (CVE-2019-3719) has been given a security advisory notice from Dell. (more…)

As more and more companies jump on the smart technology bandwagon that the Internet of Things ecosystem has created, the risks therein are creating a policy headache for the UK Government. The lack of government-approved standards risks individuals’ own security and privacy protection needs. As more and more companies, some with lax approaches to security, create IoT technologies the risks therein are even more prominent for society-at-large. (more…)

Sierra Wireless has issued urgent guidance on its popular Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 LTE router and its ALEOS software (used by a further 11 hardware products manufactured by the company) which create problematic flaws when used with Internet of Things products – like Alexa speakers. (more…)

According to HSBC, farming services fell victim to nearly £1.2 billion pound’s worth of cyber crime scams. The bank also noted that financial services providers had successfully stopped a further £1.66 billion in unauthorised fraud from occurring. However, the growing sophistication of online cyber crime and fraud opens up farm services to greater risk. (more…)