Following on from the Ticketmaster hack, the latest hacked news brings us something not only significantly more technical, but fortunately (for now) less achievable. However, less achievable doesn’t mean unachievable. The tehnology in question is ubiquitous – millions of us use it every day. It’s just there, running all the time on our mobile phones. […]
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Ticketmaster hack – a review.
Over the past few days, the global ticket and events site Ticketmaster have been e-mailing their customers to let them know their details have been compromised following a hack. It seems that anyone who bought a ticket via the site between February and June 2018 is likely to have had their data compromised. As well […]
Scamware, Scareware – BEWARE!
The influence for todays post comes from the Facebook Advert shown above. When using “reputable” sites, we expect the site owner to look after us. Of course, that’s a false expectation – a site owner using advertising as a revenue stream is really only protecting one thing: Their bottom line. Instead of scaring you into […]