A researcher has earned a significant bug bounty after finding a severe vulnerability in Facebook’s Rights Manager copyright management tool. Rights Manager is designed to allow publishers to protect their content by helping them identify videos posted on Facebook without permission. Publishers who complete an approval process...
Concerns have been raised about immigration controls at London's Heathrow Airport after it was claimed security checks have been scaled back to shorten passenger queues. Border Force agents no longer have to use facial-recognition technology on all travellers who are rejected by self-service biometric ePassport gates...
GJD, a leading British manufacturer of professional security equipment, is delighted to announce it is sponsoring the Manchester Security Event on Thursday 29th September at St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Street, Manchester, M2 7LF. The event is FREE to attend and organised by Manchester City...
Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows XP on April 8, 2014. Yes, the popular platform has been officially dead for over two years now, but that hasn’t stopped companies and consumers from trucking along with the decrepit operating system as usual. You’d be surprised by...
Paxton, the UK market leader of electronic IP access control and door entry solutions has announced the integration of its networked access control system, Net2, with Intreba’s visitor management solution, Arke. The integration provides a personalised and user-friendly service to fulfil differing visitor requirements...
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was killed and five injured in a knife attack in Russell Square, central London. Police were called on Wednesday to reports of a man injuring people, including a woman in her 60s who died. A...
A terror attack on the UK is highly likely and a case of "when, not if", the head of the Met Police has said. Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe cited recent atrocities in Europe and a number of foiled plots in the...
Specs Sheet: Title: Paxton’s Net2 System Secures New Office of Global Technology Distributor Type of site: Commercial/Technology Centre Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Number of doors: 8 doors Solution required: New office building required new access control system Access management for external visitors Result: Easy monitoring of doors that are locked or...
We are soon to become cogs in the “internet of things”, that futuristic, ultra-connected, sensor-filled world in which our every action is measured and our every whim anticipated. This utopia promises undreamt-of convenience (the heating switched on as the commute home begins) and perfectly tailored...
Biometrics is slowly taking off as a means of preventing criminal activities within the financial service industry. Biometrics is an analysis of physical and behavioral patterns unique to each individual to establish their identity. Among the modalities used are fingerprints, palm prints, iris scan, voice...