SMS banking fraud
By Thomas McKinnon 13 July 2009The Commercial Crime Police arrested two suspected members of an alleged SMS banking fraud syndicate in Johannesburg late last week, reports the Citizen. FULL STORY >
US and South Korea under cyber attack
By Mike Joubert 10 July 2009United States and South Korean websites have been under cyber attack since the 4th of July. FULL STORY >
Obama says yes MXit can
By Mike Joubert 8 July 2009President Obama to use SA based MXit to talk to African youth FULL STORY >
IE security threat
By Thomas McKinnon 7 July 2009Microsoft issued a security advisory late yesterday alerting users to a flaw in IE software that could allow hackers to hijack their PCs. FULL STORY >
Security Monitoring
By Thomas McKinnon 3 July 2009Security Monitoring- Managing Risks, written by network security experts from Cisco Systems, is a must read of anyone managing a business network. FULL STORY >
Bing rollout Twitter results
By Thomas McKinnon 2 July 2009Bing to display results based on a search of a name in association with ÔÇ£twitterÔÇØ that include a link to the relevant Twitter page and the latest tweet from that page. FULL STORY >
SMiShing
By Thomas McKinnon 1 July 2009SMS phishing, or ÔÇ£smishingÔÇØ, occurs mainly when customers receive an SMS from what seems to be a reputable financial institution prompting them to call a telephone number due to a possible fraudulent transaction on their account. FULL STORY >
Victor Dronov on Kaspersky Mobile Security
By Thomas McKinnon 1 July 2009Victor Dronov is the Product Manager for Kaspersky LabÔÇÖs Mobile Solutions Unit. We chatted to him about the mobile threats users face and the launch of KasperskyÔÇÖs Mobile Security 8.0. FULL STORY >
Call privacy
By Thomas McKinnon 26 June 2009Secuvoice micro-SD card encrypts your voice communications, preventing snoops from listening in on your calls. FULL STORY >
Kaspersky Mobile Security 8
By Mike Joubert 26 June 2009Mobile Security 8.0 is designed to protect smartphones from malware and theft. It offers a total mobile security solution. FULL STORY >
Illegal downloads cost US woman 2 million dollars
By Thomas McKinnon 19 June 2009US jury returned a verdict against Thomas-Rasset yesterday ordering her to pay some $80 000 in damages per track for downloading 24 tracks illegally. FULL STORY >
Maintenance to Twitter delayed
By Mike Joubert 17 June 2009Twitter delays maintenance due to protests in Iran. FULL STORY >
Windows 7 to be browserless
By Thomas McKinnon 12 June 2009Windows 7 to be browserless as Microsoft give in to EU antitrust pressures. FULL STORY >
P2P file-sharing
By Thomas McKinnon 12 June 2009If youÔÇÖve ever used LimeWire or a BitTorrent site then youÔÇÖve engaged in file-sharing, and according to some youÔÇÖre liable for prosecution. Moving beyond the legal realm, file-sharing is also an ethical issue. So we put it to you; is P2P file-sharing right or wrong? FULL STORY >
New Facebook usernames
By Thomas McKinnon 11 June 2009Choose your own Facebook username from 13 June 2009. No longer do you need to be just a number. FULL STORY >
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