There are many options out there for media playback, we’ve come a long way since Windows Media Player and Quicktime. Alternatives abound, and some of them quite compelling. Take the Video Lan Client, better known to everyone as VLC, which…
The Washington Post reported that both Facebook and Twitter said they had disabled a “sprawling disinformation campaign that appeared to originate in Iran”. It included two Twitter accounts that mimicked Republican congressional candidates and may have sought to push pro-Iranian…
The UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (aka Ministry of Fun) has announced plans to introduce new laws governing internet-connected devices, i.e. Internet of Things. Given that there have been some high-profile instances involving connected toys and…
Despite all the warnings, 23 million people worldwide use the password “123456”. This is according the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre which analysed the Have I Been Pwned data set to produce a list of the top 100,000 passwords. It’s…
Chronicle, a new Alphabet company, announced the launch of Backstory. It is a global cloud service where companies can privately upload, store, and analyze their internal security telemetry to detect and investigate potential cyber threats. Chronicle is focused entirely on…
If you still think that privacy and data sharing isn’t an issue, then take a look at this… The other day I was visiting a popular gaming website and up popped the the usual notice about use of cookies. Normally…
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has hit credit reference agency Equifax with a GB£500,000 fine for the 2017 data breach. Equivalent to US$660,000, the fine is the largest ever imposed by the ICO and is the maximum permitted under…