Get Safe Online Week – Don’t be a Money Mule!
Posted by Mike Halsey in security on 17. Nov, 2009 | 0 Comments
This week is Get Safe Online week from those helpful chaps at, erm… GetSafeOnline.org. This is a UK government initiative that’s backed by big ISPs and technology companies. In short there’s everything you need to know here about how to keep you, your PC and your files and data safe when you’re on the internet.
It’s [...]
Internet Security Hazards – Part 4, How to spot a phishing email
Posted by Mike Halsey in guides and how to's, security on 14. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
Last week at least 30,000 email addresses were published online that had been harvested from phishing emails. These are emails sent to people that appear to be genuinely from banks, email providers or other companies that trade online, asking you to confirm your personal details to them.
In the case of this recent scam the emails [...]
Internet Security Hazards – Part 3, Staying Safe Online
Posted by Mike Halsey in security on 08. Oct, 2009 | 1 Comment
In the last week tens of thousands of people have been hit by a major attack that harvested not only email addresses and passwords, but also their ‘security question’ and their alternate email address and password.
This meant that not only could spam email be sent from those accounts, but if the user changed the password, [...]
Internet Security Hazards – Part 2, The Threats (Repost)
Posted by Mike Halsey in guides and how to's, security on 06. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
In light of recent news about the mass phishing attack that’s so far affected Hotmail, Yahoo!, GMail, AOL and other services, I thought I’d repost this article about internet security threats, and how to avoid being stung by them.
You can read my stories from October 5th and October 6th.
How your tweets could be an invite to burglars
Posted by Mike Halsey in security on 15. Jun, 2009 | 0 Comments
I saw this article in today’s Metro newspaper and couldn’t agree with it more.
Twitter users could be making themselves easy targets for burglaries by revealing their whereabouts online, security experts are warning.
Those who ‘tweet’ about when they will be away from home and for how long make it easy for criminals to rob them.
Former police [...]
