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Cybercriminals Take Advantage of Covid-19 Outbreak With Phishing Emails
Some cybercriminals have already taken advantage of the fear surrounding the Covid-19 outbreak by sending out phishing emails that promise cures, seek donations, or heighten panic in order to extract personal data and money. Phishing For Fear Cybercriminals rely on exploiting human error that’s often driven by emotional responses. The coronavirus outbreak has, therefore, provided…
Read MoreSurge In Demand For Teleconference Apps and Platforms That Enable Home Working
The need for people to work from home during the Covid-19 outbreak is reported to have led to a huge increase in the downloads of business teleconferencing apps and in the use of popular cloud-based services like G Suite. Surge In Downloads Downloads of remote and collaborative working and communication apps such as Tencent Conference…
Read MoreApple Announces The Closure Of All Stores Outside China Until March 27
Apple has announced that due to the global spread of COVID-19, it will be closing all of its retail stores outside of Greater China until March 27. Flexible Working A statement on the Apple website (Newsroom) highlighted how Apple is adopting “flexible work arrangements worldwide outside of Greater China”. Apple also said that those staff members…
Read MoreTech Tip – Managing Background Apps
If you’re connecting via a mobile device, information, notifications and updates going to and from apps that run in the background can sap your battery power and your data. Here’s how to control which apps are running in the background: – Go to Settings > Privacy > Background app. – To stop all apps from…
Read MoreFeatured Article – 5G Explained
5G (fifth generation) is essentially the next step up and the replacement for your current 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) connection. The main benefits that this new generation of mobile broadband should bring are faster upload and download speeds and faster communication with wireless networks (latency). Spectrum Difference Most carriers currently use low-band spectrum or…
Read MoreDentist’s Legal Challenges To Anonymity of Negative Google Reviewer
ABC News in Australia has reported how a Melbourne dentist has convinced a Federal Court Judge to order tech giant Google to produce identifying information about a person who posted a damaging negative review about the dentist on Google’s platform. What Happened? The dentist, Dr Matthew Kabbabe, alleges that a reviewer’s comment posted on Google…
Read MoreGoogle Indexing Makes WhatsApp Group Links Visible
A journalist has reported on Twitter that WhatsApp groups may not be as secure as users think because the “Invite to Group via Link” feature allows groups to be indexed by Google, thereby making them available across the Internet. Links Visible Chats conducted on the end-to-end encrypted WhatsApp can be joined by people who are…
Read MoreWorries About Huawei Persist
Security fears about Huawei products being used in the new 5G networks are still being expressed by the Trump administration, while Google has clarified its position on the matter. What’s So Bad About Huawei? Back in July 2018, espionage chiefs from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S. (the so-called ‘Five-Eyes’), agreed at…
Read MoreTech Tip – Windows Timeline
The Windows Timeline feature in Windows 10 allows you to look back over the timeline of activity (in the Windows apps that are supported in the feature) so that you can stay organised, save time in finding things, and pick up where you left off. To see your Windows Timeline: – Press the Windows Key…
Read MoreMonitoring Your Printer Paper Use Can Help ‘Forest-Positive’ Printing
With HP leading the way, could “forest-positive” paper be a step in changing views on the environmental impact of some stationery products? Monitoring Your Paper How many times have you heard the analogy of how many trees must have been chopped down to produce a certain amount of paper? Just a few months ago Hewlett…
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