Security
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Say goodbye to BIOS and hello to UEFI
If you’ve ever struggled with your PC’s BIOS, or been knee-capped by a rootkit that assailed the BIOS, you undoubtedly wondered why this archaic part of every PC wasn’t scrapped long ago. Well, be of good cheer: Windows 8 will finally pull the PC industry out of the BIOS generation and into a far more [...]
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Twitter Spam – Infographic
Twitter spam is probably the most common (and annoying) out of all the social networks. Below is an infographic showing the types of spam to affect Twitter and a little description about each one. Twitter really needs to do more to stop the spamming from idiot users, unwanted business products, DMs and bots. Tweet
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Version control for images
If you’re used to working with version control systems like CVS, Subversion or Git in order to keep track of changes to your code, then you will be well aware that changes to binary files such as images, just can’t be tracked in the same way. Sure, there is no problem storing your binary data [...]
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Download Firefox 5 beta now
Mozilla has released the first publicly available beta of Firefox 5, which acts as a halfway house between the final stable, final release of Firefox and the developmental version, Firefox Aurora. The beta version offers a more stable environment than Aurora in which to road-test developmental features before they’re implemented into the next final release. [...]
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PhotoDNA Fighting Child Pornography
Most people will never be exposed to photos of children being sexually abused by predators. But images of that abuse can be found in dark corners of the online world, where networks of child abusers and child-pornography consumers produce and propagate photos of children being victimized. This week, Microsoft is donating a new technology to [...]
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Stop Phishing: A simple guide
Phishing has been around for a while now. Longer than most of you think, and over the next year or so, its going to get worse. Can you detect a Phishing site or Scam? Are you protected… What is Phishing OK, for those of you who don’t know what phishing is, here’s a quick overview. [...]
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Steganography – Invisible Secrets
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it could also hide something more treacherous. Today, businesses wanting to guard against the potentially ultra-serious hazard of vitally important data being deliberately leaked to unauthorised people outside or even inside the organisation, need to get to grips with an alarming reality: a picture can also [...]
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Password Advice
Your passwords are the keys you use to access personal information that you’ve stored on your computer and in your online accounts. If criminals or other malicious users steal this information, they can use your name to open new credit card accounts, apply for a mortgage, or pose as you in online transactions. In many [...]
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Sexting – A Guide
What Is “Sexting?” When people take a sexually revealing picture or video of themselves and send it or them as text message attachments, it’s called “sexting.” And recently the practice has been increasing exponentially amongst kids. Kids “sext” to show off, to entice someone, to show interest in someone, or to prove commitment. The problem [...]
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Twitter Dangers
We all know how fun Twitter can be. Many people have fallen in love with this micro blogging site, and don’t really see anything that could go wrong. After all, who needs Twitter safety tips against a cute, bird logo? Well, don’t be too caught up in your Twitter postings that you forget your safety. [...]
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