Computers to get disk encryption
Having complete computer security may not be that far off as six of the top companies involved in producing computer hard drives have released their specifications for single application for encrypting computer hard drives, solid state drives (SSD) and other encryption management applications.
The idea is simple as the best ideas are, it works like this, [...]
Pirate Bay getting for court
It seems to be such a long winded and drawn out process but finally the court case between against the Pirate Bay is going to take place in just a couple of weeks time. So at last, we should be able to hear exactly what the real case is going be.
On the 16th February 2009 [...]
Stolen cars saved by an SMS
The power of the computer has been used in vehicles for some time, but not in the way that the Home Office want.
They have asked technology companies to come up with a system that will allow them to use the mobile phone network to turn the engines of vehicles off, it is claimed that this [...]
Anti piracy measures dropped by Apple
For as long as anyone can remember Apple have always used the serial number verification for the Apple iWork Productivity Suite, this would need to be added within the thirty day deadline, this also included any software installed on the machine when purchased, any downloads and those bought through the retail sector.
But when it comes [...]
Downloader’s will ignore threats
It may not have gone un-noticed how the internet service providers, copyright owners and law firms have been going about stopping illegal file sharers, for most the threat of disconnection is enough to make internet users think about what they are doing.
Therefore, it could be said that this tactic has been a success, but has [...]
Worm infects windows
Over the past couple of days, a worm has been infecting millions of computers by exploiting an old Windows bug.
It has been estimated that around four million computers could have been infected by the Downadup or Conficker, which has been using an old bug in the Windows Server, which is used by the following operating [...]
What films are pirated the most
The copying of films just keeps getting stronger and the current top ten lists of the most pirated films is showing that there are a lot of newcomers getting onto the list, which must be a nightmare for all of those film distributors.
This data has been collected using DVDrips, DVD screeners and R5 rips, the [...]
Fake CNN phishing site
Once again, the news is being used to encourage unsuspecting internet users visit news sites to see some breaking news, but as normal, these are just phishing emails hoping that people will visit the site and get caught up in trap.
In this case, the news story is making out that it comes from CNN, the [...]
Can Microsoft corner the security market?
Companies like Microsoft are not known for giving anything away; after all, they would not have made all of that cash if they started off down that road. However, since other companies have been offering some security software packages for free, Microsoft are about to jump in with their free software.
The plan is to offer [...]
Twitter hackers still going
The micro blogging site Twitter is a useful tool, which is why newsrooms and celebrities use it to get information out, but recently there has been a hacker at work within the site and they are causing no end of problems for users.
The problem has occurred through phishing emails claiming to be from Twitter, they [...]
Some SSL certs unsafe
It has been estimated that there could be as many as fourteen per cent of the SSL certificates have a vulnerability, which could threaten the safety and security of some computers.
A digital certificate is something that most internet users rely on as being a signal that the website that they are visiting is perfectly safe, [...]