Interesting responses to Twitter security worries
Following my previous post on the implications for Twitter of the first large scale phishing attack, I’ve seen a few interesting responses: First up, @benbarden responded to my concerns over short urls...
View ArticleStocktwits gets funding, Bit.ly get’s safer, Cli.gs gets bought
The Twitter ecosystem is busy as always, so rather than try to write 20 posts to cover everything purely for SEO benefit, I thought I’d round up three things which stood out: Stocktwits has gained $3...
View ArticleBig money for hacked Twitter accounts
Stolen Twitter accounts appear to be commanding a premium amongst hackers sharing details on forums. Data stealing software is a risk to your details for any site, but according to Kaspersky researcher...
View ArticleGoogle Buzz proves problems with single online identities
I’m assuming most people have been caught up in the huge amount of discussion around Google Buzz, the new social sharing and conversation tool from Google which surprised a lot of people by suddenly...
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The aftermath of Twitters biggest phishing scam
Over the last week, many people have fallen foul of the latest phishing scam to do the rounds of Twitter. And an unusual number of high profile individuals have been included in the list of users...
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Interested in mobile or internet privacy and security?
If you have any interest in security and privacy on the internet and mobiles (and security is always increasing in importance as more of our lives become so heavily integrated with the digital world),...
View ArticleAntivirus security is more essential than ever
This post is supported by Bullguard, who supply free internet security and antivirus software. The rise of social networks, cloud computing and mobile applications means that having a decent level of...
View ArticleContent marketing, user data and the dangers of free WordPress themes
Bit of a link post from me today as I’ve been working on a number of things for clients, and also updating some other projects. So rather than adding to the list that I intend to blog about someday,...
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Backup. Restore. Protect
It may have been April Fools Day on Sunday, but it was actually Saturday March 31 that held all the ironic humour for me this year. That’s because it was ‘World BackUp Day’ (unfortunately the site...
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WordPress 3.8.2 now available to download and install
The latest version of WordPress is now available to download and install. It’s an important security release which solves some important security issues, along with fixing a number of bugs. The...
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