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BT Forced to block newzbin

July 28, 2011

BT Told to block access to newzbin. The MPA should add value not futile technical solutions. Phone Hacking – Vodafone Sure Signal Hacked

July 14, 2011

There’s been a lot of news in the press about phone hacking recently. Enough to bring down News of the World, a 168 year old institution. But things are about to get a whole lot scarier. The Sure Signal Hack published by “The Hacker’s Choice” has published  a technique effectively turns a Vodafone Sure Signal device (Femto)  into a […] Poor Service from BT

July 12, 2011

I’ve thought long and hard about writing this article but I think the time is right. I don’t want this to be seen as an attack against BT or BT Broadband but I’ve had to deal with BT on a regular basis for many years now and they suffer from a problem often witnessed with […] Face Recognition in Facebook

June 7, 2011

You may or may not know that Facebook has slipped yet another privacy change in under the radar. Face recognition in Facebook is used to scan your photos and galleries, and those of you friends, to encourage them to tag you. You have no choice in the process of tagging and if tagged you must […] ICO Website Offline

May 17, 2011

It seems the Information Commissioner’s Office doesn’t want you to read the latest legislation regarding cookies as it’s down for maintenance. That’s Convenient. [click to enlarge] Eidos hacked

May 13, 2011

Seems that Sony’s not the only gaming company having security issues because Eidos has been hacked. TalkTalk Down

May 6, 2011

TalkTalk are offline with a rather large service issue. So large it would seem the website is offline as can be seen. This service outage is not only effecting  internet service, like email, but also it’s Voice over IP (VoIP) connections cutting thousands of people off. When will TalkTalk be up again? Difficult to say given […] Bin Laden Malware

May 2, 2011

With the death of Osama Bin Laden will have the hackers and scammers busy at work. Google Chrome Fake AV

April 13, 2011

There’s Google Chrome Fake AV building strength on the web. I found it through a simple image search. By clicking the preview of the image, the website loaded in the background, as expected, but immediately navigated elsewhere and presented me with a warning dialogue. My advice at this point is to immediately close you browser but should you […] Fire Alarm at BlueSquare

March 17, 2011

It appears there has been a fire alarm at BlueSquare in Maidenhead which tripped off the electrical supply.