Wall Street Journal latest victim of hacking from China
Hackers from China have infiltrated the computer systems of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) who has become the latest website to be attacked.The Journal says…
How to record your phone calls
There is nothing new about voice recording per se – call centres and helplines have been recording customer conversations for years “for training purposes”, and…
Have chip and pin cards had their day?
The search for a fraudproof credit card system means that the days of chip and pin cards- which we were told were fraudproof- may be…
A paperless NHS would save billions
The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt wants the NHS to be paperless by 2018 – a move which a report says could help save the National…
America is main source of EU credit card fraud according to Europol
Data breaches from America account for most of the credit card fraud affecting the EU according to the Europol police report.Criminal gangs are making about…
Facebook to profit from your photos
Facebook has announced that it was start to seel your photos to advertisers- and that they will trouser the profits.Facebook has announced there would be…
Internet porn- snopper charter bill U turn
Ministers have done a U turn on plans to automatically block internet access to pornography on all computers.A public consultation found only 35% of parents…
Internet account passwords- UK users need 22
UK Internet users have an average of 22 password protected accounts, according to a survey.But many people put themselves at risk of theft by using…
Facebook data policies questioned by students in Irish court
Facebook’s handling of personal data is to be scrutinised in an Irish court by a student group.The group calling itself Europe v Facebook is unhappy…
Small firms targetted by hackers and cyber thieves
Small firms- even those employing a few people or less – are increasingly being targeted by hackers and cyber thieves.You may not think you have…