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Cost of living scams are on the rise – with cybercriminals looking for ways to profit off the misery of the ongoing energy bills crisis. Here, SMY IT Services’ Managing Director Jonathan SMY shares his tips on how to stay safe.   Fraudulent text messages on the rise The warnings come after the Office for … Continue reading Cost of living scams: Energy discount phishing scams on the rise →

A new AI-based 60-second retina scanning tool can predict a person’s risk of heart disease by looking at the veins and arteries in their eye. Level Of Risk Revealed By Looking At Blood Vessels The test findings of the new ‘Quartz’ tool, published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, show that the AI software takes … Continue reading Tech News : 60-Sec AI Scan Now Predicts Your Heart Disease →

Following a provisional agreement in June, the European Parliament has voted in favour of a law to ensure that all devices have a single universal charger. Why?  Back in June, the EU Parliament highlighted the following reasons why having a single universal charger is necessary: – Consumers currently face the inconvenience and costs of needing … Continue reading Tech News : Universal Charging Cable Gets EU Vote →

In this article, we look at the many different ways we are being tracked online, plus which measures users can take to avoid being tracked. Why Are We Being Tracked?  Internet tracking is used for a number of reasons, including: – Improving user browser experiences on websites. – For analytics to improve business performance and … Continue reading Featured Article : Forget Hacking, What About Tracking? →

In this insight, we look at what BEC campaigns are, their characteristics, together with what businesses can do to protect themselves from the threat of BEC campaigns. What Is A BEC Campaign?  A business email compromise (BEC) campaign is a kind of text-based, impersonation, social engineering scam where, in most cases, the victim is forwarded … Continue reading Tech Insight : What Are ‘BEC Campaigns’? →

Glasgow arts venue SWG3’s innovative new heating and cooling system uses the capture the body heat emitted from its victors to provide a renewable energy source. The BODYHEAT System  As part of its drive to become a net zero venue, the first of its kind BODYHEAT system took 3 years to develop. The system is … Continue reading Sustainability : Venue Uses Human-Heating For Renewable Energy →

New research by Atlas VPN claims that Google’s Chrome browser has had 303 discovered vulnerabilities this year, and that an unusually high number of cumulative vulnerabilities have been spotted in the browser. The advice is to make sure that your browser is up to date, care is taken if choosing plugins, and to look out … Continue reading Security Stop-Press : Google Chrome’s Reported Security Issues →

The release of Firefox 104 in August gave users the ability to annotate PDFs, e.g. sign PDFs directly in the browser, and save them. Here’s how: – Open a PDF in Firefox, i.e. drag it into the Firefox Window, or right click on the file and select ‘Open with’ and choose Firefox. – In the … Continue reading Tech Tip – Annotating, Signing, And Saving PDFs In Firefox →

A cyber-attack on Australian telecommunications provider, Optus, may have affected 10 million people, the equivalent of 40% of the country’s population! Customer data reported as stolen in the attack includes names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone, and email contacts, and even the passport and driving licence numbers of around 2.8 million people! Following the … Continue reading Security Stop-Press : Biggest Cyber Hack In History – Australia’s ‘Optus’ →

A new set of European Commission rules, called the AI Liability Directive, could make it easier for people injured in AI accidents to sue. Why?  The European Commission says that the new proposals, which could become the first-ever legal framework on AI, are needed because: – AI developers, deployers and users need clear requirements and … Continue reading Tech News : EU Makes It Easier To Sue Over AI Accidents →