The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest have launched a new mobile banking service that allows Apple customers to authenticate via Apple’s Touch ID.
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Visa asks to track your smartphone to help sniff out credit card fraud
Visa will begin asking card holders to opt in to a new service in April 2015 that could help reduce credit card fraud – if consumers allow their smartphones to be tracked whenever they make a purchase.
Windows 10 will work with FIDO specs for password-free access, says Microsoft
Microsoft has announced that its forthcoming revamp of Windows will be compliant with FIDO’s current specifications for advanced authentication. Or has it?
SSCC 186 – Just how firm is your firmware? [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast – from firmware and Firefox to Project Zero and Lightning conductors. Chet and Duck are in fine fettle as usual…enjoy!
Onion.city – a search engine bringing the Dark Web into the light
Last week, user Virgil Griffith went onto the Tor-talk mailing list and announced Onion City, a Dark Web search engine that allows regular web users to delve into the Dark Web.
Yelp sues Revleap for claiming it sells good reviews, buries the bad ones
Revleap promises to sell improved ratings to businesses, but Yelp claims that it does nothing but lie and spam both Yelp’s customers and Revleap clients’ customers, dangling gift cards in exchange for writing positive reviews. 
Get ready for the internet-enabled, speech recognising, joke-telling Barbie
An internet-enabled toy that talks to your kids: what could possibly go wrong?!
Lizard Squad returns, claims attack on Xbox Live and Daybreak Games
Hacking group Lizard Squad has returned, apparently disrupting Microsoft’s Xbox Live service and Daybreak Games with DDoS attacks.
WhatsApp spy tool lets anyone track when you’re online
WhatsSpy Public illustrates that fiddling with your privacy settings doesn’t stop people from tracking your status and any changes you’ve made to profile photos, status messages and settings.
Artificial Intelligence could make us extinct, warn Oxford University researchers
Researchers from Oxford University have joined the growing chorus of sober, intelligent, technology literate people warning about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence by listing it as one of twelve risks that pose a threat to human civilisation or even all human life.