What are the top threats?
The best thing about the internet is that it is just there, the very fact the a whole world of anything that you could want is there right in front of you at the click of the mouse is just simply brilliant. But the worst thing about the internet is the fact there are other [...]
May 8, 2008$110 million fine for Torrent Spy
Being found guilty of copyright infringement in the US is not a great thing, you know that it is going to cost you an arm and a leg. In this case the file sharing site Torrent Spy has been fined a massive $110 million by a Federal Judge in Los Angeles.
Clearly this aimed at anyone [...]
CCTV and databases do not cut crime
The UK have spent billions of pounds on the network of CCTV systems that appear on every street corner, in fact there are around 4.2 million CCTV systems that are active around the country at the moment and still this figure is set to rise.
But despite all of the money and a new database called [...]
People in Cuba buying computers
Finally for the ordinary Cuban person, they can get a computer and go online, or so we are led to think. For the very first time in Cuban history the government are allowing the sale of computers. However they are priced at around £400 for a basic older style computer, which may not seem too [...]
May 2, 2008BBC finds facebook flaw
The BBC technology programme Click has uncovered a flaw within the social networking site facebook. They show how by writing a simple a piece of code they could collect data from facebook users and their friends.
The software will hide itself within a file that could be music or a video, then once viewed it will [...]
Microsoft finally releases S3 for XP
At last Microsoft have released the Windows XP Service Pack Three (SP 3) and by now it should have been loaded onto the Microsoft servers and eventually be ready to download very soon. The SP 3 will not be available for the automatic download yet, but can be downloaded from the download centre.
The service pack [...]
Massive web attack begins
It began earlier this week, and now hundreds of thousands of web pages have been infected with malware, the worst thing that you can get on the internet as it takes many users by surprise and causes so many problems on global scale.
It is thought that the virus has exploited a so called security issue [...]
You need a longer password
Sometimes when you sign up for some accounts when you complete the application process it comes back saying that your password is too short or should contain letters and numbers etc. But imagine receiving the message that says:
“Your password must be at least 18770 characters and cannot repeat any of your previous 30689 passwords. Please [...]
Bank loses customers details
With all of the trouble that has been going on with government databases being sent through the post and being lost, you would have thought everyone would had learnt the lesson, but no! This practice is still going on and this time it is a bank who is involved.
The HSBC is the largest bank in [...]
Terrorists use same tactics as US Military
The rise of social networking has taken many people by surprise; this would include the security services and military that have realised that these tools could be used by terrorists and their supporters in order to exploit weaknesses in some personnel who work for the government departments.
But it has also been noticed that if these [...]
The throw away DVD
The future of DVD rental could be changing forever with the introduction of a new DVD system which is only viewable for forty eight hours. After this time the DVD is rendered unreadable and has no use at all and so can be thrown away.
It is estimated that these DVD’s could be sold for around [...]
$1 Billion to monitor P2P
In the states some people are taking the threat of file sharing and its links to crime very seriously indeed in fact on senator has mentioned that the police and FBI should be given more resources to purchase and use specialised software which can monitor the peer to peer networks for any illegal activity.
In order [...]
The Pirate Bay seek compensation for lost traffic
It was back in February when a court in Denmark ordered the internet service provider Tele 2 to block all traffic from their customers to the Pirate Bay; this meant a huge drop in traffic and subsequently a drop in income too.
But in true fashion the Pirate Bay appealed against the decision and as such [...]
Failed Spiderman 2 screenplay online
There is one simple fact that of life and that is eventually everything turns up on the internet! And in the case of documents and all other pieces of text, it is far too easy for these simply just appear. One thing that has recently appeared in the internet is an old film screenplay.
Now this [...]
Zombies a treat to security
It is estimated that there are thousands of zombie computers out there all churning out spam and other nice stuff in an attempt to either gain the personal details of unwitting computer users, or in some cases they try to hijack traffic from websites and more worrying for the authorities is the attacking of government [...]
April 10, 2008Mobile phone accounts hacked
Although this has happened in the States, it could quite easily happen here too! But hacking into someone’s mobile phone account can have devastating effects on the holder’s finances and it is all too easy to do, as the following will explain.
Apparently the main requirement is simply knowing the holders phone number, with this virtually [...]
One million viruses on the loose
It’s a frightening prospect but it has been estimated that by the end of the year there will an estimated one million viruses circulating around the internet, but while large companies can afford to employ the latest security measures against this threat. It is the smaller business and the private individual who are getting hit.
However [...]
Internet privacy in danger
In the states they have the same problem as we are about to get here in the UK when it comes to internet privacy. Like here internet service providers in the states have been monitoring their customer’s internet surfing activities, which for most users is not really acceptable.
The idea behind this is for the ISP’s [...]
Will the UK be able to regulate social networks?
With the new ideas coming from the UK government regarding children and their use of social networking sites like MySpace, Bebo and FaceBook, with around a quarter of eight to eleven years being a member of one of these sites. There is a need for some sort of advice or possibly regulation, but how is [...]
April 2, 2008Having fun with some ones computer
As this is the season of silly pranks, we thought it a right that we should publish a list pranks that would initially feel the security of the users internet or computer has been compromised, but in reality this is just a prank, which is funny but probably not at the time.
This is a list [...]