So my account has been hacked. What do I do now?

A friend of mine recently had her webmail account “hacked”.  We don’t know what method the “hackers” used to get into her webmail account but they then sent out an email to all the contacts in her address book which contained a link to a malicious web site. I emailed her to provide her with some [...]

Does my phone have its own name on Facebook?

No. Of course not… There are a few statuses on Facebook at the moment that claim to show you that by entering some mystery code into Facebook which includes the last 3 digits of your phone number, Facebook will magically present you with a name for your phone. One such example is: Your mobile phone [...]

How do I stay safe online this Christmas?

Firstly apologies for the lack of blogs lately. One of my New Year’s resolutions is definitely to blog more and provide you all with some great content. With that in mind I thought I would start as I mean to go on so here’s an article on how to stay safe and secure this Christmas… [...]

Cyber bullying – from the playground to the cyber world

A recent study commissioned by ChildLine found that, of those surveyed, just over half (51%) of pupils in Year 5 reported that they had been bullied during the term. Like most aspects of modern life the Internet has changed the face of bullying and taken it to a new level. No longer is bullying restricted to [...]

Viral Scam Link Hits Facebook – Dad catches daughters on Web Cam

Get to the point. What do I need to do? Don’t click any links that appear to show you “hidden” videos, “celebs uncovered”, “Osama Bin Laden” videos etc. More often than not they are links which will repost themselves on your wall and sometimes force you to install applications that can carry out actions without [...]

A case of mistaken identity

Quite ironically I watched a film last week called Erasing David. In short this film documents one man’s mission to discover how much information private companies and the government know about him and then he attempts to disappear whilst challenging two private investigators to use his identity trail to catch him. (The film’s worth a [...]

Facebook exposes millions of user credentials

Get to the point. What do I need to do? As a counter measure to this issue you are advised to change your Facebook password as soon as you can. The story: In what seems to be a re-occurring theme amongst large companies lately Facebook has been caught exposing the user credentials of millions of [...]

Facebook Login – That wasn’t me?

One of my frequent gripes with web sites is that they don’t provide a last login time and date. Most online banks provide this functionality as it allows you to see if anyone has accessed your account since you last logged in. This, in some instances, is enough to stop attackers using compromised accounts as [...]

Security – Are we doing enough?

Everywhere we turn today whether it be reading newspapers, watching the news, reading Facebook posts or Twitter feeds we are constantly reminded to “Stay Secure”,  “Change your password”, “Use a different email address”,  “Protect your credit card details”, “Only use HTTPS”, “Don’t add friends you don’t know”, “Use anti-virus oh and a firewall”, “Cover the [...]