With San Diego Comic Con quickly approaching, everyone is jumping on board the superhero bandwagon. Today even McAfee has joined the hype. (The company, not the man, however, we’d love to see a comic book based on John McAfee!) In… Read More
Category: spyware
World Pride’s Spy Gadgets
World Pride is unlikely to be a name that you’ve heard of, but once you see a few of their gadgets in the video, you’ll recognise them from the gadget stores and catalogues. Jeffrey and Jamie chat with Jim. The… Read More
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Sophos Security Threat Report 2011
Digital security firm Sophos today released their Security Threat Report for 2011, which reviews all the ways that the bad guys are out to get you. It’s a glossy 52 page report and is worth a quick read to understand… Read More
Scareware – Is it a Halloween Treat?
This weekend I had to fix my dad’s computer after it got a Scareware popup. This Scareware was rather different than anything I’d approached before; when the popup appeared asking him to purchase via credit card some bogus software to… Read More
Digsby Adds Annoying Plugins
I am installing the latest version of Digsby and am shocked that the application is asking me to install a number of highly intrusive plugins with the install. Applications like the VoloMedia plugin that calls home to mama every time… Read More
Microsoft tries to Patent Ultimate Spyware Application!
Imagine a day where everything you do everything you access is spied upon either by Google or Microsoft. We know Google has a pretty good head start but not wanting to be left behind Microsoft has applied for a patent… Read More
Have a Real Life Spyware Story for you!
Let me run this scenario by you. You subscribe to an influential newsletter that cost nearly a $1000.00 a year for the subscription. The Newsletter gets delivered digitally. Sounds reasonable so far doesn’t it? Well let’s assume that you open… Read More