Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 10:56AM I was recently in London for a series of meetings and decided to catch a cab between appointments. Nothing unusual about that you might think and neither did I until I came to pay my fare. It was the first time I had encountered a London taxi that offered a contactless payment method...
Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 11:56AM It's lighter, thinner, faster, more elegant and at the top of any iFan's "I-want-one-of-those" list. Yes, it's the iPad2, released in the UK on March 28th. I admit as I type this blog entry on my "old" iPad1 that I will be eager to get my hands on the new version when it comes out, but not so eager as to fall for the many scams that invariably follow its launch.
High-end, big ticket electronics are a favourite of scammers looking to make a quick buck. The iPad2 is no exception and so please be warned that in the weeks before and after its launch there will no doubt be a flood of email campaigns and websites offering too-good-to-be-true deals on iPad2. They will lure you in with "free" give-aways, "buy one get on free" offers and large discount deals. The fact of the matter is that this just isn't the Apple operating model and these offers and deals are guaranteed scams.
More information to come as this develops, but for the time being, please don't be fooled into the free iPad2 scams that are already out there.
Email Scams, Fraud, Phishing Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 9:15AM In today's fast paced world of IT where messaging systems are all about real-time information sharing and less about handwriting a letter to be sent via the post, many of us are looking to the internet for our relationships. The success of online dataing sites is testament to people's modern day approach to falling in love. This Valentine's Day should be approached with caution especially when it comes to e-cards and pther love related emails, tweets or private messages...
Friday, January 21, 2011 at 12:20PM January is usually an exciting time of year (work wise) for someone like me, with all the security reviews of the previous year and lots of predictions about what we will be "fighting" in the next 12 months. For the most part, the security experts that put these predictions together are pretty accurate in what they say about the threats to our online identities in the coming year. After my previous post on New Year's resolutions, and highlighting some of the basic steps you can take to protect yourself, I thought I would do a quick wrap-up of my top 3 predictions being made for 2011...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 10:20AM Aah yes, the good old New Year's resolutions. Those promises that we make to ourselves but very rarely take seriously or follow through on. Apologies for sounding so cynical, but in my personal experience I battle to remember a proper New Year's resolution that I saw through right to the very end. Post Christmas weight loss and the associated gym contracts seem to be the most common failings. But there are a number of New Year's resolutions that I hope you will take seriously and be mindful of in the coming year. When it comes to protecting your digital identity, here are my top 5 New Year's resolutions...