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Online crime in the south east of England

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A new survey claims that 15% of respondents had been victims on online crime in the previous 12 months.

February 24, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Wanted: people of vision

Often branded a consummate logistician without vision or inspiration, Tim Cook has demonstrated that here he can see far further than the politicians.

February 19, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Should you use a PIN or a password to secure your iPhone?

Which is better – a 6 digit PIN, or a shorter alphanumeric password – for protecting your iPhone?

February 17, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

How long would it take for Apple to break into your iPhone?

Dan Guido’s careful analysis provides the answers that we, and law-enforcement, wanted to know.

February 17, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Why rolling updates are bad practice

Automatic updates? No thanks, I need to brace myself for the next set of fresh bugs and problems.

February 15, 2016 Macs, Technology

Adobe Flash Player version 20.0.0.306

Adobe has just released version 20.0.0.306 of its Flash Player, which has some important bug fixes and security […]

February 11, 2016 Macs, Technology

Java update 74

Oracle has just released Java 8 update 74 build 02, available either as version 8u73 or 8u74. This […]

February 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

Scareware targeting OS X (updated)

Johannes Ullrich has just reported some scareware which could trouble OS X users. This is detailed in his […]

February 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

Losing their Sparkle: vulnerabilities in updaters

In-app update systems can be vulnerable to attack, if they do not use secure connections throughout.

January 30, 2016 Macs, Technology

OS X El Capitan is probably due an important security fix

A serious vulnerability was discovered in OpenSSL in the New Year. Although the conditions in which it is […]

January 28, 2016 Macs, Technology

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