Michael Gove’s £700million plan to beef up border security

Michael Gove’s £700million plan to beef up border security at the end of the year ‘with or without’ a Brexit deal Michael Gove authorised £470m for infrastructure such as border control posts It comes after Government said ‘significant differences’ remain in Brexit talks It also follows a row on a leaked letter from Liz Truss … Read more

Amazon says memo to employees BANNING TikTok for security reasons was ‘sent in error’

Roughly five hours after an internal email went out Friday to Amazon employees telling them to delete the popular video app TikTok from their phones, the online retailing giant appeared to backtrack, calling the ban a mistake. ‘This morning’s email to some of our employees was sent in error,’ Amazon emailed reporters just before 5pm … Read more

Amazon bans TikTok from employee devices with access to company emails citing ‘security risks’

Amazon bans TikTok from employee devices with access to company emails citing ‘security risks’ Amazon sent its employees a memo that bans them from using TikTok It mandates staff remove the app from devices with access to  company emails Staff has until July 10 to comply or will lose access to their mobile emails  By … Read more

The eufyCam 2C Wireless Home Security Camera System sale Amazon

Save a £100 on this wireless home security camera system – now £159.99 in the Amazon Summer Sale By Emily Scrivener For Mailonline Published: 11:45 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 11:45 BST, 8 July 2020 You can now snag one of the best home security cameras on the market for under £160 in the … Read more

Apple and T-Mobile sued for security flaw that allowed strangers to access iMessages, FaceTime calls

Apple and T-Mobile face class action lawsuit over an iPhone security flaw that allowed strangers to access private iMessages and FaceTime calls The class action suit against Apple and T-Mobile was filed Monday in New York It claims that the companies jeopardized consumer privacy by failing to disclose a security flaw that allowed strangers to … Read more

Ministers vow to ‘stand up for British values and security’ amid China row

Ministers vowed to ‘stand up for British values and security’ today after China threatened ‘consequences’ if Huawei is barred from involvement in the 5G network. The government is set to U-turn on allowing the firm a role in the huge project after intelligence agencies warned US sanctions had raised doubts about security. Conservative MPs are … Read more

Popular routers contain hundreds of known security flaws

Study finds many popular routers contain hundreds of known security flaws and are infrequently updated The study assessed 127 different routers from seven different brands It found that many had more than 100 different known security flaws Not a single router had zero known flaws In some cases, firmware updates happened only once every five … Read more

Pope Francis praises UN Security Council campaign for ceasefires in wars across the globe

Pope Francis praises UN Security Council campaign for ceasefires in wars across the globe to help in fight against Covid-19 Pope Francis praised the UN Security Council efforts for worldwide ceasefires to help tackle the pandemic He called for the prompt implementation ‘for the good of the so many persons who are suffering’ Security Council resolution … Read more

Security firm Ring works with US police with ‘deadly histories’

Amazon may have banned police from using its facial recognition technology, but a new report shows the tech giant is providing thousands of departments with video and audio footage from Ring. Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit that defends civil liberties, found over 1,400 agencies are working with the Amazon-owned company and hundreds of them have … Read more

Hong Kong police make first arrest under China’s new security law

Hong Kong police today made their first arrests under a landmark new security law giving Beijing draconian powers to punish dissent in the city.  A man with a ‘Hong Kong Independence’ flag was the first to be arrested hours after the law came into force, and 23 years to the day since Britain returned the … Read more