All Posts Tagged With: "Security"
How To Disable 3rd Party Cookies In Firefox 2.0
I’m amazed that in a browser that is championed for it’s security features, the latest version of Firefox has removed the option for users to disable 3rd party cookies that the big ad networks use to better target their ads - basically semi-spyware.
Martin from gHacks has come up with 2 ways to disable third party [...]
Permanently Remove Incriminating Personal Information From The Web
Following on from my post earlier about being careful about what you say on the web, there now appears to be an answer. ReputationDefender claim to be able to remove any incriminating information about you that has made its way onto the Internet:
We scour the Internet to dig up every possible piece of information [...]
Be Careful What You Say Online. It Could Cost You Your Job
Lied on your last job application? Well, you might get caught out now. According to a recent survey by CareerBuilder.com, one in four managers now ‘Google’ potential employees and 51% of applications were rejected because of what was found.
The survey found that:
31% of candidates had lied about their qualifications
25% had poor communication skills
24% [...]
Why Dont More Internet Users Use Usenet?
I’m constantly amazed that more internet users don’t use Usenet. I’ve worked for various ISPs in the UK for the last 7 years and Usenet traffic is still dwarfed by P2P. I’ve been using Usenet/Newsgroups now for about 3 years. Admittedly, when I first started using Usenet I found the whole space [...]
29Oct2006 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued
Girl Promises To Streak At World Cup If Her Site Is Hit 11m Times
There’s a nice scam going around the internet at the moment. A 19-year old German girl is promising to streak at the World Cup if her site gets 11m visits before the tournament ends. The counter’s already at 6.5m at the time of posting so I’m sure she will make it.
‘Unfortunately’, I [...]
WordPress Plugin Overload!
I thought Akismet was a good WordPress plugin for fighting blog spam, but yesterday I installed one that is even better. Rather than catching spam and putting it in a spam folder, Bad Behavior is a set of PHP scripts which prevents spambots from even accessing your site by analyzing their actual HTTP requests and [...]
19Jun2006 | Everton | 8 comments | Continued
Comment Spam Gets Relevant
I just logged onto my blog to do my daily cleanup of trackback and comment spam and I almost missed two. Look at the last two comments left on my blog in response to my post about the Nokia N80 being delayed again and Google Voice/IM service using Jabber to launch soon?. The [...]
12May2006 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
Should I Get A Hardware Firewall?
I've been thinking recently about getting a hardware firewall as in my mind it should offer a better level of protection for my home network (currently I have 2 PCs, a Xbox 360 and 2 Modded Xboxs running XBMC connected to a Netgear WPN-824 router), whilst freeing up resources on my PCs.
It just seems [...]
SMS 007 - Encrypt Your SMS Messages
A new SMS encryption service is now available. The service has been developed by CircleTech, s.r.o., a Czech software corporation. The Java (J2ME) application, which can run on majority of current mobile phones, uses encryption standard AES and user-derived keys to securely encrypt the SMS communication between parties which use it.
SMS 007 has been [...]
Is Skype A Haven For Criminals?
Nate Anderson of Ars Technica has written an interesting article that highlights how difficult it can be for Government agencies to track Skype calls. Governments are worried about the rise in encrypted VoIP conversations,
such as those made with Skype, and they're seeking ways of extending
their wiretapping power to the Internet.
I hadn't considered this issue before. [...]
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