A year ago, the Norwegian Consumer Council published an excellent security analysis of children's GPS-connected smart watches. The security was terrible. Not only could parents track the children, anyone else could also track the children.…
5 Reasons Legacy Brands Struggle With SEO (and…
Posted by Tom.CapperGiven the increasing importance of brand in SEO, it seems a cruel irony that many household name-brands seem to struggle with managing the channel. Yet, in my time at Distilled, I've seen just…
iPhone FaceTime Vulnerability
This is kind of a crazy iPhone vulnerability: it's possible to call someone on FaceTime and listen on their microphone -- and see from their camera -- before they accept the call. This is definitely…
Is your school GDPR-compliant? Use our checklist to…
At the recent ASCL (Association of School and College Leaders) conference, a guest said to us: “The GDPR? Wasn’t that last year?” Our heads fell into our hands. How was it possible for someone to…
What can banks do to address mounting cyber…
Cyber crime is spiralling out of control in the financial industry. The FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) received 145 breach notifications in 2018, up from 25 the previous year. Things are particularly bad among investment banks,…
SEO Is a Means to an End: How…
Posted by KameronJenkins“Prove it” is pretty much the name of the game at this point. As SEOs, we invest so much effort into finding opportunities for our clients, executing strategies, and on the best days,…
Japanese Government Will Hack Citizens’ IoT Devices
The Japanese government is going to run penetration tests against all the IoT devices in their country, in an effort to (1) figure out what's insecure, and (2) help consumers secure them: The survey is…
7 PowerPoint Tips to Banish Boring Presentations
You know it and I know it: PowerPoint is boring. Why? Because the minute we sit down to create a PowerPoint presentation, we forget everything we know about engagement and persuasion. How do you make…
Utter Zuck-up: 600 million passwords exposed in Facebook…
Up to 600 million Facebook users have had their passwords leaked in an internal data breach. Security researcher Brian Krebs broke the news on 21 March 2019, explaining that the social network’s internal company servers…