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Taming a Web Gone Wild
When Tim Berners-Lee first conceived of a system of interlinked documents that could be accessed over a world-wide network, nobody could have foreseen what a tangled Web we would weave. Today’s web is an amazing source of information and entertainment. …
Hear! Hear! Tips from THE IT Security Experts
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 …
March Webcast Line-Up
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!
Control the Harlem Shake in Your Business
The latest craze to go viral on the web is the dance song Harlem Shake, with hundreds, if not thousands of people, gathering in costume to do ‘the shake’ in every conceivable space. Harlem Shake follows hot on the heels …
What the hack?
The past few months have been characterised by a number of high-profile hack attacks. What the hack is going on? (Pardon the pun!) Quite a few things actually:
Valentine’s Day Threats: That Front Called “Love”
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 …
Ransomware Spam Pages on Github, Sourceforge, Others
There’s currently a large and determined effort to infect computers with Ransomware, courtesy of the Stamp EK exploit kit (if you want to know about the other name the kit has, visit the Sophos blog via the bottom Tweet. The …
Tumblr Spamrun gets Personal on Facebook
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 …
Retweet to Become Verified on Twitter? Not Likely…
There’s currently a number of “Twitter Verified” style accounts posting to Twitter, asking users to “Retweet to become verified”, or posting up peculiar minigames along the lines of “The last person to RT this Tweet becomes verified”. It’s all rather …
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 …
