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Hear! Hear! Tips from THE IT Security Experts

Hear! Hear! Tips from THE IT Security Experts

on March 22, 2013

We all have our take on IT security, and if you’re reading this post it means you want to hear more. So do we, that’s why we have reached out to some well-known IT experts in the security blogosphere and …

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Who’s about to go crazy this March Madness?

Who’s about to go crazy this March Madness?

on March 13, 2013

Is it your IT administrator who needs to sort out all of the bandwidth issues? Is it your employees who want to access work-related resources on the web and cannot because of people streaming March Madness games?

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Thinspo Tumblr Page leads to Fake News Diet Supplement Site

Thinspo Tumblr Page leads to Fake News Diet Supplement Site

on March 12, 2013

You may or may not be aware of something called “Thinspo” – it’s a shortened term for “Thinspiration”, usually a tag on social media sites where people typically upload lots of pictures of women looking a bit, er, thin. It’s …

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Scammers Invite Facebook Users to Test the New PS4, XBox 720

Scammers Invite Facebook Users to Test the New PS4, XBox 720

on March 7, 2013

Exactly two weeks ago, Sony introduced the new PlayStation 4 (PS4) to the world in a press conference in New York. The only obvious problem that got people on the Web riled up was that Sony only showed the controller, …

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March Webcast Line-Up

March Webcast Line-Up

on March 5, 2013

Every month we organize some exciting webcasts that cover a variety of topics – have a look at this month’s line-up and sign up for what best suits your needs!

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Valentine’s Day Threats: That Front Called “Love”

Valentine’s Day Threats: That Front Called “Love”

on February 14, 2013

If there is one thing Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas have in common, it’s online threats. We know this. But among these special occasions that we eagerly anticipate and almost don’t fail to celebrate, Valentine’s Day is probably the most personal …

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Tumblr Spamrun gets Personal on Facebook

Tumblr Spamrun gets Personal on Facebook

on February 4, 2013

Facebook scams involving free plane tickets aren’t a new thing, but we thought this was an interesting twist – the personal touch comes into play here. The Bit.ly stats for this one reveals at least 99 Tumblr blogs (all of …

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No Love for Lovebug

No Love for Lovebug

That lovable chap Lovebug1136 has started to crank out spam in time for Valentine’s Day, with four missives arriving in our spam trap starting from the 27th of January. All of them look like the below and point to variations on a …

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ICO Fined Sony for the PSN Hacking Back in 2011

ICO Fined Sony for the PSN Hacking Back in 2011

on January 28, 2013

Last April of 2011, Sony disclosed the massive hacking of its PlayStation Network (PSN), which exposed 77 million accounts, and warned their users about scams involving identity theft. Almost two years after this incident, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined …

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Man Claims his Twitter was Hijacked, turned into Shirley Temple for the Week

Man Claims his Twitter was Hijacked, turned into Shirley Temple for the Week

Shirley Temple! I’m more of a Streisand man myself, but even so she caused a bit of a stir recently as Huffington Post, NY Post and others reported her arrival on Twitter – including those who were “helping her to …

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