Mobile net caps
Shocking mobile bills may become a thing of the past as the EU is bringing in a rule to limit roaming internet charges. Mobile browsing is very popular but venture beyond your provider’s country and the costs can soar. This ruling should ensure that by July 1st caps will apply preventing unexpected huge roaming bills. [...]
Safely Encrypted
Portable disks and drives can easily get lost. Encryption can ensure that such loss is an inconvenience rather than a disaster.
It’s very useful to be able to carry data around in your pocket or on a key ring. However, where that data includes sensitive or personal information, you have a duty to ensure that it [...]
New software helps banks tackle fraud
In a bid to make online banking more secure, security firm Trusteer has launched a remote forensics service which allows banks to diagnose if a client’s PC has been infected with malware following reported fraud.
Known as the Flashlight service, it is designed to identify strains of malware quickly and remotely, so they don’t have to [...]
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Twitter users suckered by phishing scam
Most people have grown wise to phishing messages arriving via email enticing them to enter account details in a cloned site or simply to click a malicious link. Yet it seems a new dog can be easily fooled by old tricks as Twitter users became infected by a simple phishing [...]
Money lost to cybercrime doubles in the US
Money lost through cybercrime in the US doubled in 2009, according to official figures released this month.
The annual report by IC3, the FBI-backed Internet Crime Centre, published the statistics which reveal cybercrime saw net losses rising from $265 million in 2008, to $560 million in 2009. IC3 Also reported handling 336,655 complaints last year, a [...]
IT contractors convicted of casino scam
A lesson to be sure you know the people working for you are trustworthy and certified comes in the form of two IT contractors convicted of scamming the UK’s Gala Casino.
The two hackers used false betting slips to con the casino into paying out on fake bets, but caught out by a basic mistake in [...]
Time for a Social Networking Policy?
Online communication using Twitter, FaceBook and other networks develop at a significant pace. Businesses need to be aware of their employees’ online behaviour
Disgruntled former employee immobilises vehicles
A disgruntled former employee from a car dealership in the US, took it upon himself to immobilise nearly 100 vehicles, it has been reported.
Texas Auto Centre places black boxes in all the cars it sells so they can be immobilised or the horn set honking if the customer fails to keep up payments.
Omar Ramos-Lopez did [...]
Digital Economy Bill Causes consternation for Wi-fi providers
The Digital Economy Bill currently passing through parliament may have some unintended knock on effects for cafes, libraries and other places offering free wireless connections as an incentive for business.
The bill is primarily designed to prevent downloading music, films and other copyright protected material and includes the famous three strikes rule that could see connection [...]
Very short domain names could be used for phishing
So Nominet are to release ultra short domain names, things like “1.co.uk” or “zz.co.uk”
Of course the domain speculators will be wanting to register these at the Nominet members fee of £5.00 for two years with the hope to resell them on to someone else at a huge profit and I am not sure the sunrise [...]