Category: Security

Hacking big business

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With the recent attacks on Sony and, yet more recently the attack on UK based game manufacturer CodeMasters, to say nothing of the attacks on Google, several international banks and even the IMF, it leaves one wondering: Are cyber-criminals stepping up their game? Or is this just a continuation of a pre-existing war?

Only 10 years ago, a large percentage of the population wouldn’t even consider online gaming, banking online or sharing their life via social networks. It wasn’t that the facilities didn’t exist, it was more that they were the domain of geeks and nerds, those with a little more technical nounce than the ability to find the on button. Continue reading →

The dangers of social media.

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A great many of us are active users of social media, whether it be facebook, twitter, myspace or 4square, but how many of us realise that by using services such as these can actively impair our home security?

I’m not a user of 4square, I don’t believe in its service and consider it to be, in some respects very dangerous and find updates from other users to be more than a little irritating. Quite frankly I don’t care that you’re taking a dump at Picadilly train station. However, as this service can be linked to your twitter or facebook account, not everybody who follows you may be as discerning as I am. Continue reading →