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cybersecurity
Why do we act so differently in our virtual worlds?
Social media is being embraced by individuals and companies in all industries and internally across all company silos. Whether companies are adapting to or embracing…
I have finally learnt to love my Antivirus and it’s reciprocal
Posted by Mikel Gómez Urkijo, April 20th, 2010 I don’t work in the computer world and my technical knowledge of these machines is close to…
Social engineering, PDFs and banking Trojans
A few days ago our colleague Oscar received an email inviting him to access a Web page by clicking on a link. This is not…
How to obtain thousands World of Warcraft accounts for free
In the last weeks we’ve seen several phishing campaigns targeting World of Warcraft players. This is one of the messages that have been circulating: If…
Cybercriminals: computer genius or professional criminals?
Much to my surprise, one of the aspects about the Mariposa case that has attracted most attention in the media is that the criminals involved…
Big data needs big government
Edited by Ian Andrews, March 2010 Last week’s edition of the influential London-based journal The Economist led with some interesting statistics on the amount of…
The biggest case of user failure in history?
A few days ago I came across one of the most hilarious and pitiful stories I have recently read. I couldn’t stop laughing, and still…