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Scammers beware!
Over the Christmas period I had a very odd phone call. To be honest, I’ve been waiting for a phone call of this type for a long time. The call...
POSTED BY IN All Posts ON Sep 5, 2011 | 0 comments
DNS hijack, say what...
Last night it appeared that the websites for some quite big names had been hacked. The Register, The Daily Telegraph and UPS were among those...
POSTED BY IN All Posts ON Aug 30, 2011 | 7 comments
Fake SSL certificate...
It’s all kicking off in the world of I.T. security! A fake SSL certificate has been discovered, not only is it fake it belongs to *.google.com....
POSTED BY IN All Posts, Windows ON Aug 29, 2011 | 0 comments
A new worm, who woul...
So, in the world of advanced trojans, drive by downloads and APTs a seemingly forgotten beast has returned from the depths of the Internet. An...
POSTED BY IN All Posts, Browsers ON Aug 25, 2011 | 0 comments
HTTPS Everywhere lea...
I wrote about the awesome FireFox plugin HTTPS-Everywhere a while back here, and now it has officially left beta and version 1.0 is available. There...
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posted on: Aug 1, 2011 | author: Mike
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posted on: Jul 26, 2011 | author: Mike
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About Me
I work as a penetration tester for First Base Technologies, a UK based information security consultancy. I spend all day with computers (among other things) and, it seems, spend most evenings helping various friends and family "fix" their computers. This blog has been inspired by these people ;). The idea is to help people understand the "scary" and misunderstood world of personal I.T. security. Feel free to leave any comments, or drop me a line on twitter with any questions.
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