Lloyds TSB Visa Debit Cards For Kids Used to Buy Pr0n, Fags, Booze etc
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 30 June 2008 | Tagged as: Services, Business, Security, Web
Debit card for booze-hungry kids creates net shopping fears.
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Facebook IM Chat: “Least Secure”
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 9 June 2008 | Tagged as: Services, Social software, Security, Web
Survey of instant messaging applications highlights security risks.
Microsoft DRM: A Blunt Knife
Posted by Simon Perry on 5 June 2008 | Tagged as: Microsoft, Copy Protection, User Generated Content (UGC)
What a blunt knife Microsoft’s DRM is. We don’t know if you’ve noticed before, but some time in the last, Microsoft made change to their Media Player, stopping screen grabs of videos that are playing.
Clearly Microsoft thought this would be something that would appeal to content owners in fear of their work being taken without […]
Cash For Your Life Insurance: New Spam Attack
Posted by Simon Perry on 4 June 2008 | Tagged as: Content, Security
There appears to be a new type of spam attack, the focusing of an email blitz for a limited period of time - with a potentially high return for the spammer.
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Smartphones “Bigger Security Risk” Than Lappies
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 3 June 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Security
Survey finds that 60% of business laptops remain unencrypted.
Keeping Your Passwords Private Part Two
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 23 May 2008 | Tagged as: Security, Web
Following the recent list of what PC Magazine claim are the 10 most commonly used passwords by computer users, in part one we started to look at how you can protect your passwords and keep your booty safe.
Microsoft Password Checker
Microsoft offers a handy Password Checker application that lets you input text to test the strength […]
Beware: Charity Disaster Phishing Scams
Posted by Simon Perry on 22 May 2008 | Tagged as: Security, China
It’s a sad reflection on today’s society that at times of human suffering there are those who will try to take advantage of the situation for their own gain.
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and other IT security organisations are warning that there are a number of phishing scams that are using donation […]
Keeping Your Passwords Private
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 21 May 2008 | Tagged as: Security, Web, Software
Keep dastardly hackers at bay by ensuring that your passwords are up to scratch.
Your Laptop Is Open Season When Flying To SF, USA
Posted by Simon Perry on 30 April 2008 | Tagged as: Privacy, Government, Security, USA, Legal
We’re still reeling after reading this story last week that a federal appeals court in the US ruled that it was fine for US customs agents to go through the content of an airline passengers laptop with no evidence of wrong doing - just because they felt like it.
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BT Statement on Home Hub Wireless Security
Posted by Simon Perry on 23 April 2008 | Tagged as: Security, UK, BT, Wireless
Following our story on the vulnerabilities of the BT Home Hub, the most widely used DSL wireless router in the UK, BT sent us this statement last week after we requested it.
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