What are the top security threats today?
Today more than ever computer users are in need of making sure that their computer systems are secure and safe, otherwise the consequences can be a nightmare for the users who fall under the spell of the latest security threat.
At the moment the top ten computer security threats are:
Trusted websites
Web browser and browser plug-in [...]
Internet freedom under threat
Google are calling it the end of internet freedom, while the media giant Viacom are calling it just good business.
But whatever they call it, the outcome for ordinary users if the internet could mean that they lose out on what have become normal everyday practices, like surfing and looking at interesting stuff!
What this all boils [...]
Internet user’s privacy to be limited
Could this be the end of the internet as we know it? Or are we just worrying about the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which has been designed to put an end to the problem with file sharing once and for all.
But there are fears that if this is adopted, and there is no reason [...]
Don’t Panic when Windows won’t boot
When the computer comes in alright, but the operating system is messing around, there are couple of things that you can do:
One is putting your fist through the screen, this is not recommended as it has been proved to be expensive and it just will not fix the problem.
The other thing is to do [...]
Anti Scientology sites adsense account suspended
This could be a totally innocent business decision or something else, but what the reasons behind the decision to cut the Google Adsense account of a web site which is dedicated to being one of the most influential sites against the Church of Scientology.
It has to be hard for all parties involved, on all [...]
Pirate Bay and Police bribery
This case is going to cause so many problems for the Pirate Bay, the companies who are trying to shut them down and now it would seem the police investing the case, all of this is coming before there has even been a court hearing.
It turns out that one of the top police investigators looking [...]
The Pirate Bay in top 100
There has always been a feeling that any publicity is good publicity, and despite the actions of many organisations this would seem to be right when it comes to the Pirate Bay.
They have had so much adverse publicity coming from many organisations which should in truth know better, that the Pirate Bay have actually managed [...]
Religion to take on Wikileaks
Wikileaks may have survived a legal challenge from a Swiss bank over legal documents that were published on the super grass site, but will they be able to survive the combined might of the Church of Later Day Saints and the Scientologists.
Documents from both organisations have appeared on the Wikileaks site, and the both groups [...]
Spam still on the increase
Over the years Spam has evolved from someone trying to sell you something or to get you to visit their website, to something much more sinister, where the opening of a suspect email can be the beginning of no end of trouble.
Now much of the spam that ends up in users inboxes are for drugs [...]
FaceBook can get you into debt
The social networking site, FaceBook has come under fire not for its lapse in security where all your friend’s details can be harvested, but this time it is because they are allowing their advertisers to get their adverts in front of people.
Nothing wrong with that, but when these adverts are targeting impressionable young people who [...]
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 [...]