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It’s been reported that a LastPass engineer failing to update Plex with a patch for a nearly three-year-old flaw on their home computer enabled the massive LastPass hack where a “threat actor” obtained “encrypted backups from a third-party cloud storage service” relating to its Central, Pro, join.me, Hamachi, and RemotelyAnywhere products. The threat actor also … Continue reading Security Stop-Press : Failure To Update Plex Was Behind LastPass Hack →

Google has announced that you can now use a stylus or your finger to annotate PDFs in the Google Drive app on your Android device. Here’s how: – On the Android Device, open the Google Drive app. – To enter preview mode, open the PDF you need to annotate. – Tap the annotate button (bottom … Continue reading Tech Tip – How To Annotate PDFs In Google Drive On An Android Device →

Following the banning of Chinese short video sharing app TikTok from EU and US government devices, plus more trouble on the way in Canada, we look at some of the reasons why. Banned From EU Government Devices  The European Commission recently decided to ban the TikTok app from staff phones (work and personal devices). EC … Continue reading Featured Article : TikTok Trouble? →

Meta has announced it’s launching its own version of Twitter’s Blue Tick called ‘Meta Verified’ for Facebook and Instagram where users pay a monthly subscription to be verified on the platforms. Announcement  On February 19, Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that Meta is starting the rollout of its new ‘Meta Verified’ subscription service for Facebook … Continue reading Tech News : New Meta Verified Blue Badge Subscription Service →

With OpenReach now ‘throttling’ broadband speeds and limiting phone calls as measures designed to gently “nudge” customers to upgrade as the “Big Switchoff” approaches, we look at exactly what’s happening, why, and when. What Is The Great Switchoff?  The “Big Switchoff” refers to the switch from the old copper phone network to a new ‘Digital Voice’ alternative. Back in … Continue reading Tech-Insight : Throttling And The “Big Switchoff” →

A Mimecast spokesman has warned that in a labour market already stretched by shortages, Dutch digital resilience could be threatened if more attention isn’t paid to the mental well-being of cyber security professionals. Wanting To Change Jobs  Recent research commissioned by Mimecast in the Netherlands showed that a quarter of Dutch IT professionals are considering … Continue reading Tech News : IT Security Threatened By Professional Burnouts →

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a way for using a 3D-printing ink that contains calcium carbonate-producing bacteria, giving a result similar to mollusc shells or bone. ‘BacktoInk’ – Environmentally Friendly  Researchers at EPFL’s Soft Materials Laboratory in the School of Engineering have successfully added the Sporosarcina pasteurii bacterium … Continue reading Sustainability : Bacteria Ink Gives Bonelike 3D Printed Structures →

Following research, identity proofing experts ID R&D have warned businesses that there has been a rise in the number of fraud attempts and cyberattacks leveraging deepfake technology, i.e. the use of AI-powered technology to create convincing videos of people. Research indicates that nearly half (42 per cent) of organisations have already encountered deepfake attacks. ID … Continue reading Security Stop-Press : Business Warned That ‘Deepfakes’ Are On The Rise →

If you’d like a way to send web pages you find interesting to your inbox rather than bookmarking them in Chrome and forgetting about them, the InboxThis extension may be helpful. Here’s how to use it: – Go to the Google Chrome Web Store and search for ‘InboxThis’. It’s a free browser extension that can … Continue reading Tech Tip – Send Web Pages To Your Inbox →

Cloud computing has become a mainstay for businesses around the world – but many are yet to realise its benefits. The technology has been used by businesses for more than a decade, providing a cost-effective and secure alternative to in-house storage. But there are so many more benefits businesses can see by making the switch. … Continue reading Cloud computing: 5 benefits of taking your business to the cloud →