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…)

HMRC unveiled a new customer verification process in January 2017. This resulted in nearly 6 million biometric data sets being collected from helpline users. The ICO, thanks to the right-wing Big Brother Watch pressure group, has found that HMRC customers did not get access to “sufficient information” and maybe did not consent in the right way – post-GDPR! (more…)

If you’d like to have the ability to instantly see a step-by-step interactive 3D breakdown of a complex idea, product, or phenomenon, so that you can understand exactly how it works, and be able to explain it (e.g. for a work or education project) then the JigSpace app could be…

A human kidney for transplant has been delivered by drone to a Medical Centre in Baltimore in the first flight of its kind. (more…)