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… [...]

Beautiful People Web Site hit by “Shrek” virus or just a PR stunt?

Online dating web site Beautiful People has recently been hit by the “Shrek Virus” well that’s if you believe it’s recent press release. The statement claims that: We got suspicious when tens of thousands of new members were accepted over a six-week period, many of whom were no oil painting So the “virus” has supposedly allowed [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]