Computer users still do not update security
In these days there are so many threats to computer security, that it is a wonder that so many computer users are going about their business on the internet without making sure that they are completely safe from the remote threats that are lurking around every corner.
A study produced by Google, IBM and the Swiss [...]
Online privacy under threat
It has been called a “Cold War” but during the cold war there was an escalation of arms in order to bluff the opposition into thinking that one side was more powerful than the other.
The internet cold war is very different, on the one side there is money and power, these are the governments [...]
EU gives personal data to the US
Under an agreement the European Union are about to give US law enforcement and security agencies information about all of the citizens of the EU community and that includes all UK citizens too!
This agreement will allow the US agencies to access information regarding what we spend out money on, where we have travelled before and [...]
What’s in a name?
The future of domain names is going to be very different following a meeting in Paris by the people who oversee the domain name industry, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICCAN) have met and decided to relax the rules regarding domain names.
It all started with .com, the web addresses ending in a [...]
Half of Americans believe the internet should controlled
The government regulating the internet, is this cool thing? Well for many Americans it is, in fact there are around half of those who tool part in a national survey by Rasmussen Reports believed that the internet should be regulated in the same way that the TV and radio are.
However you would have thought that [...]
Cyber crime is on the rise
It started off as a way of getting back at Microsoft by a disgruntled user, but now the use of malicious software has grown into something more sinister. No longer are there jokers messing around with the minds of people behind certain businesses.
Cyber crime is fast becoming the route that many gangs are looking to [...]
XP lasts beyond sell by date
With the 30th June approaching very fast what is going to happen to all of the users of Windows XP? Well before you rush out and buy an expensive replacement, it is worth noting that the end of June is not going to necessarily be the end of the world.
In theory the operating system will [...]
What do webmasters know about their visitors?
If you have ever wonder what sort of information a website holds on you, then you may be interested to know that every time you visit a website your IP address is logged, from this all sorts of data can be discovered.
But this sort of information may not be available to all, this will be [...]
The Malware menace grows
Despite all of the improvements to the security to software, there are many incidents where internet users have been surfing around or clicked on a certain link and have been directed onto a website which has been infected with a malware infection.
The problem is with this type of threat is that hardly anyone know that [...]
Canada edits Wiki
Altering a Wikipedia entry that describes your own life has become very common, but just because it is about you, does this mean to say that this sort of practice is ok?
It seems that it probably depends on who you are, take one Jim Prentice, he is the Industry Minister of Canada and as part [...]
Hotmail no longer available for Outlook
Users of Hotmail and Outlook Express will be experiencing problems towards the end of the month when Microsoft will be turning off a technical protocol. This is known as DAV, and it is this protocol that allows Outlook Express to synchronise with the Hotmail email account and then download the messages.
Users of Hotmail and Outlook [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]