Why you should keep (some) tech resources in-house

When I hear about the entire responsibilities of a network being handed over to an outsourcing company (from the safe hands of in-house engineers), I wonder whether the world has gone mad

TUE 04 NOV. 2008 |Featured in: News

Say hello to the Great (Internet) Wall of Thailand

Judging from reports on the newswires, it seems that Thailand is joining China in the Internet blocking stakes, investing around $9 million in creating a `filtering' firewall.

FRI 31 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Moves to save Gary Mackinnon from extradition growing

The main newswires may not have picked up up on what's happening in the Gary Mackinnon saga, but it seems Mr M may yet be saved from the ravenous hordes of xenophobic Guantanamo-baying (US) horsemen of the apocalypse.

FRI 31 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Pensioner piracy case reveals flaw in IP numbering

I was intrigued to read in the Scottish Daily Record today about the curious case of a pensioner couple - Ken Mackinnon and his wife Gillian - who were sent a solicitor's letter demanding 525 quid for allegedly file-sharing an Atari race game over t'Internet.

THU 30 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Paypal - about as a secure as a chocolate teapot?

Interesting to read a story on the Industry Standard earlier this week about how the portal has spotted the fact that a number of Paypal accounts have been compromised for around 16 months and eBay, which owns Paypal, has allegedly done nothing to counter the problem.

THU 30 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Hackers force Aeroflot to stop selling tickets

Reports are coming in that Aeroflot, Russia's largest airline, has had to suspend selling tickets via its Web site after hackers gained heavy-duty access to the portal.

WED 29 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Google hacking topic resurfaces with a vengeance

About a year ago the newswires were full of a new hacker modus operandi called `Google hacking.'

Basically this involved using Google's advanced search syntax to extract all sorts of useful data from the Google search engine results.

For a time, it was possible to derive credit cards numbers and all sorts of so-called dark information.

WED 29 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

50 per cent of mobile users snoop on their better half's handset

Research from Omnio.com claims to show that almost 50 per cent of UK mobile phone users have snooped on their better half's mobile, looking for adulterous text messages and the like.

TUE 28 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Perils of VOIP area code scamming revealed in Japan

I was interested to read an article in the Yomiuri Shumbun, the Japanese daily newspaper, yesterday, about how fraudsters have been using the latest Internet telephony services to part punters from their money.

TUE 28 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Cheltenham woman loses 14K to cyberfraud; opens Cyberfraud Web site

I was intrigued to hear that a Cheltenham woman, after being ripped for 14 grand in a cybercrime fraud - in which she allowed her bank account to be used for bopping money around the Internet - is launching a Web site to publicise the problem.

MON 27 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News