By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] The headline to this story from a Japenese newspaper is “Aoyama Gakuin U. To Hand Out Free iPhones to Students.” I guess whether you see it that way or as “using iPhones to track students” is kind of a glass half empty or half full kind of thing. But […]
When you work for a Federal body and lose a hard drive containing data for more than 100,000 people, it’s pretty embarrassing. But it must feel even worse when you describe yourself as “the nation’s record keeper.” The National Archives and Record Administration agency, which keeps and maintains around 2% of government documents for legal […]
Our friends at GFI have just released a free backup solution for home users. It’s not a stripped-down application, but a complete, fully-featured backup software solution. In addition to regular backup functionality, GFI Backup Home Edition allows people to sync up data with a remote location, like an FTP server. The application is wizard-driven, so […]
In the following segment of the Real Hustle, the hustlers attempt to sell a rental car to multiple customers, taking a deposit from each of them before running away at the end of the day with the vehicle… and the money.
In the following segment of The Real Hustle, the hustlers shows exactly why you should always be wary when buying a laptop from a perfect stranger in a public place.
ATMs are everywhere today and provide crooks with a relatively easy way to rob you blind. In the following video, the crew from The Real Hustle demonstrates how easy it is for a thief to get his hands on your ATM card information and PIN number. So now that you’ve seen this, do you still […]
Microsoft has revealed that almost all e-mails sent today are spam – though the figure fell slightly with the disconnection of a hosting provider which numbered a major spam network among its customers. The figures only relate to e-mails sent to customers of the Microsoft Forefront Online Security for Exchange service (FOSE) rather than the […]
The idea of hackers bringing down power grids may sound like a far-fetched plot from the current series of 24, but a security firm insists it’s a genuine threat. The threat is now a possibility because of the use of a technology known as Smart Grids. This involves around two million devices, largely wireless, which […]
By PatB Contributing Writer, [GAS] On February 20th, [GAS] warned readers that the current version of Acrobat Reader had a security flaw that bad guys were exploiting to deliver malware. Adobe has worked hard and just released an updated version of their ubiquitous software for both PC and Mac. So don’t walk, but run to […]
By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] You must be wondering how you entered a parallel universe in which a [GAS] headline can include the words “Microsoft”, “browser”, and “secure” — without the words “not”, “disaster”, or “joke”. And given the history of security flaws in Internet Explorer over the years, the folks at Redmond need […]