Category: Security News

A Right Royal Security Blunder

November 21, 2012

Yesterday’s Guardian reports of an interesting royal IT security failure, when a supposedly non-problematic article of Prince William at work also revealed a large piece of paper with a military login and password clearly displayed in the background. (Guardian’s photo at http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/Pix/pictures/2012/11/20/1353420459724/Prince-William-chats-with-010.jpg) UK’s MoD has since urgently changed their passwords, but the lax attitude towards … More A Right Royal Security Blunder

Safer cyber-shopping makes for happier holidays: 12 simple safety tips

November 19, 2012

The 2012 holiday shopping season is fast approaching and digital devices are sure to play a bigger role in the holiday shopping process than ever before, from pre-purchase research on the home or office computer, to in-store price checking on the smartphone. And of course, online holiday shopping is available 7×24, from before Black Friday, … More Safer cyber-shopping makes for happier holidays: 12 simple safety tips

Digital photos demand a second look as picture-stealing threat develops

November 15, 2012

How many image files do you have on your computer? Would you be happy to send them all to a stranger? How about the photos on your smartphone? These are some of the questions I pondered this past weekend in light of several seemingly unrelated events from the previous week. (As a random data point, … More Digital photos demand a second look as picture-stealing threat develops

Fake loan offers out to scam the desperate

November 13, 2012

Cybercriminals are cashing in on the financial crisis, spamming Irish mailboxes with fake offers of affordable loans. In difficult times people resort to desperate measures to try to keep their finances afloat. When it becomes impossible to get a regular loan, some people turn to loan sharks and their extortionist interest rates, while others look … More Fake loan offers out to scam the desperate

Do more children have to die before parents take their online lives seriously?

November 6, 2012

ESET Ireland survey: Up to 73% of children are left entirely unsupervised online. The recent Co. Donegal and Co. Leitrim tragedies, where two teenage girls committed suicide because of online bullying and abuse, reminded us in a most dreadful way that the web isn’t just a nice place of Google searches, YouTube videos and friendly … More Do more children have to die before parents take their online lives seriously?