UKFast Blog: February2015

Well done for surviving another week guys – hope it’s been a good’un! Over at UKFast we’ve been talking about the critical new bug affecting Windows, the controversial connectivity project from Virgin, the rise of Dark Social and Lenovo’s security…

It all hit the fan for Lenovo this morning, after the tech company came under fire for installing adware on new consumer laptops in 2014; adware that could potentially also leave users vulnerable to attack. The software from Superfish injects third party ads…

At the end of last year, Dark Social was thought to represent more sharing activity than all other channels combined; but what is it, and - after more digging - is it that simple? This type of social networking represents…

In its 2015 Tech Predictions event, Deloitte forecast that the gap between connection speeds could get worse as the year progresses. Well, it seems it wasn't far wrong, as Virgin Media has announced that it will be concentrating on 'towns…

Microsoft recently patched Jasbug (MS15-011), a fifteen year old vulnerability it has deemed ‘critical’. It could potentially allow attackers to take control of systems running any version of Windows (which, according to Netshare, accounts for about 91% of the market), but it’s…