17 Jun 2010 |
Recently there’s been a fair bit of coverage of the ‘likejacking’ phenomenon. Just today, in fact, one of my friends fell victim to this mischievous trick and some rather embarrassing content was posted on his social networking site profile without his knowledge or approval. So what exactly is it?
30 Mar 2010 |
We’ve been seeing Fake AV programs getting more convincing for a while now. Some of the tricks employed by the guys behind these rogue programs include Windows-7-style fake scanners, in-browser “scanners”, and program features that ape other aspects of the operating system.
26 Feb 2010 |
Imagine that you’re sitting at home catching up on your email backlog. In comes an email from your ISP, FooBarBazCo (some creativity required here, I know). The email seems to be from Technical Support – ‘From: FooBarBazCo.com Team’ – and states that you need to update your email settings as a result of a recent security upgrade.
09 Dec 2009 |
Ahoy there ye landlubbers! The high seas of wireless security appear to have gone commercial with the introduction of a paid service that means it just got a whole lot easier for a casual attacker to break into your wireless network.
19 Oct 2009 |
The most stressful thing about Halloween has always been deciding on a costume. Second place: making sure to have enough candy around for trick-or-treaters who may come a-knocking. All pretty straightforward stuff, right?
09 Feb 2009 |
“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…”
20 Aug 2008 |
There’s nothing like coffee one-upmanship to make the blood boil.
“You’re still drinking lattes? With actual milk from a cow? Good grief, where have you been?”