Tag: Security
Top 3 FREE computer security tips from Kaspersky Lab's Costin Raiu
This week sees London's Earls Court play host to the InfoSec computer and mobile security conference, where all the major players from the anti-virus and back-up software developing fields come together to tout their wares. We caught up yesterday with…
The growing pains of Tumblr, the coolest blogging platform on the block
Tumblr may well be the coolest blogging platform out there, but users' patience is being tested with a seemingly constant string of problems. The latest came this weekend, when an error caused the site to reveal some users' passwords….
Twitter follows Facebook in adding 'https' security in battle against hackers
As fraudsters eye up social networks, the industry fights back. From now on, Twitter users will have the option to set the use of "https" as a default option for the micro-blogging site. Https, sitting at the beginning of…
US Government considers internet 'kill-switch' cybersecurity bill
The US Government could get its very own internet 'kill-switch', should the proposed cybersecurity bill be passed. President Barack Obama would be granted emergency powers to shut off the country's internet connection, according to a bill soon to be…
Mark Zuckerberg gets "F'raped": Is no-one safe from Facebook privacy flaws?
Mark Zuckerberg, the multi-billionaire king of the Facebook empire, had his own personal fan page attacked last night, calling further into question the security of the world's largest social networking site. The hacker left the following status update whilst under…
Facebook U-turn on mobile and address info app access
Remember the slightly troubling news that Facebook wold be offering up your mobile phone number and address details to third party app developers, should you choose to allow it? Well, the world's leading social network have now backtracked on the…
Facebook apps now have access to your phone number and address
Third-party Facebook apps will now be given access to a users phone number and address as part of the User Graph object, should a user choose to submit the info. As you'll have to explicitly allow access for the application…
Games consoles bring down Chinese crimelord
The gangster lifestyle makes for good videogame material (take your bow, Grand Theft Auto), but the criminal world and gaming dont appear to best friends when it comes to the real world. Take the case of Rai Kinzan, the 37…
Laptop Loss League Awards reveal year's strangest computer thefts
Absolute Software, a leading provider of computer theft recovery and data protection solutions have had a pretty busy year, returning around 100 laptops every week that had been reported stolen by thier users around the world. While it's a headache…
NASA data left intact on PCs found in skip
With all the boffins over at the NASA Space Centre you'd think at least one of them would know how to properly wipe a PC's data, but apparently not it would appear. An audit of their equipment has enraged inspectors…
