Spammers love torrents
Torrent sites are popular with people who like to share files, but it seems that there could be another group that like torrent sites, but for an entirely different reason.
Spammers have found that that torrent sites such as the Pirate Bay are suffering from spam attacks on a regular basis that appear in the [...]
Europe fines Intel $1.45 billion
The computer chip maker Intel has been at the business end of a European Commission fine for abusing its place in the computer chip market. This is a show of strength from the regulator that sends out a signal to corporations that antitrust will not be tolerated any more.
The EU commissioner responsible, Neelie Kroes has [...]
Bloggers could end up inside
Is the world getting fed up with bloggers who seem to feel that they are able to share their thoughts with whoever is willing to read them? It would seem that this could be so and in order to combat these loose cannons some governments are preparing to issue jail time.
But this is not a [...]
Pentagon using social networking
US General uses modern language, as social networking becomes a key tool in how the military go about recruiting and essentially just getting their message out there in front of the younger people of the US.
The army say that social networking allows the army to reach younger people aged between eighteen and twenty four, who [...]
$300 billion fighter jet project is hacked
There are concerns that the aircraft supposed to spearhead the defence of the US and its allies the F-35 may have been compromised by hackers getting into the project files and stealing terabytes of information.
The project is jointly run by the Pentagon and the aircraft maker Lockheed Martin Corp, who are denying that anything like [...]
Conficker begins to stir
First, there was the danger of the Conficker worm stirring, then it was described as an April Fool’s joke and now it seems that the worm is turning according to internet security experts who are monitoring Conficker activity.
It seems that the worm that happened simply to pass straight through a hole in Microsoft is alive [...]
Smart grid easily hacked
There has been a lot of media attention regarding “Smart Grid” this is digitally based electricity supply in the US, sounds crazy. Well it may just that according to security experts who believe that this type of power can easily be hacked, which could mean widespread blackouts.
Digitally based technology such as this relies on automated [...]
Google Earth used for robbery
The principle behind Google Earth is fine, it allows you to check over an area if you are thinking of buying there or simply have a look at other people’s houses. However, some surfers are taking this to an extreme and are using the search system to plan robberies.
One such crook is Tom Berge his [...]
More features from Windows 7
As further details come to light about the new Windows 7 operating system it seems that Microsoft have included extra control for users and we are not just talking about the ability to switch the internet explorer on and off, there are more features to control.
The features that can be controlled will be:
Windows Media Centre
Windows [...]
Facebook users have say on polices
It was not that long ago when the social networking site Facebook causing some serious issues for its members when the management decided to change the terms and conditions of using the site. This did not go down very well and was scrapped.
As with all clever corporate, the management team did not take this to [...]
Where Twitter’s security lets users down
There has been a lot about the security of the micro blogging site Twitter, people have been able to hack into other members accounts and change the information etc, which is annoying but not exactly dangerous to other users.
One thing about Twitter that is potentially dangerous to users is the character limit of 141, if [...]
Pirate Bay on Twitter
With the court case against the Pirate Bay will be starting in Stockholm, Sweden. Clearly, the authorities are going to want to keep a tight control on the information that leaks out, as they do want the Pirate Bay coming out looking like a victim.
But in order to counter this silence, the Pirate Bay will [...]
Facebook planning to sell data
With over a hundred and fifty million users Facebook is a marketing dream come true for anyone who can get into it and as things go it may not be that long before the marketing and advertising people get their hands on the Facebook database.
In the second quarter of this year, things will begin to [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]