A discovery of the file containing the code used in the recent hack of the British Airways website and app that affected 380,000 transactions has revealed that it only took 22 lines of JavaScript to cause the massive data breach. (more…)

The ‘My People’ feature in Windows 10 lets you pin your closest contacts to your taskbar, thereby making it easier and quicker to email, chat with (text and video), or send files or media to them. Here’s how to set it up: (more…)

Apple’s new autonomous vehicle, part of its ‘Project Titan’, has joined an expanding list of self-driving car prangs. (more…)

The frustration of the so-called ‘Five Eyes’ governments in not being allowed access to end-to-end encrypted apps such as WhatsApp has boiled-over into the threat of enforcement via legislative (or other) measures. (more…)

Microsoft’s new AI tool in OneDrive and SharePoint automatically transcribes the contents of video, audio, and image files, thereby making it much faster and easier to find specific topics and references made in those files. (more…)

Reports of a data-sharing deal with credit company MasterCard could mean that some details of your credit card purchases could be shared with Google, and used to improve their online advertising service. (more…)

A rise in the number of adverts appearing in Google placed by scammers offering fake tech support has led Google to announce the rollout of a news advert verification programme. (more…)

Getting your staff “on-board” can be daunting and challenging. Employees don’t usually like change – especially change that could impact their own workload and their productivity. Therefore, any support that can help navigate this difficult terrain is welcome in the eyes of many small SME owners. (more…)

According to Threat Post, Windows task scheduler does not check the permission registry when undertaking basic processes. This flaw allows malicious code to alter privileges in a negative way. The flaw was detected within the Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) interface which is a key component of the task scheduler…

Air Canada, the Canadian flag bearing airline, has suffered a major data breach that could pose a massive ID fraud risk for customers. The breach is down to bad password management approaches, with Air Canada’s own rules and guidelines on password management being named as the main culprit. The lack of a ‘strong’ password framework has allowed a major ID fraud and brand damaging experience to impact the airline. (more…)