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Google Downgrades Google’s Listing For Breaking Google’s Rules

Posted on 5th January, 2012

the strange clicking noise was yesterday, you’ll be happy to find out that it wasn’t a swarm of crickets outside your house. No, it was every SEO in the world tutting loudly after Google was found to have breached Google’s own rules on buying links. Continue Reading

Judge Orders Mass De-listings

Posted on 1st December, 2011

Apparently Chanel don’t really like the thousands of websites that turn a profit by hawking knock-off Chanel products. And neither does a federal judge in Nevada, USA. Continue Reading

2011′s 25 Worst Passwords Revealed

Posted on 21st November, 2011

If you’re worried that your password is painfully obvious to all but the most lackadaisical hacker, then you’ll do well to read the following list without flinching. Continue Reading

Facebook Targeted By Pornographic Spam

Posted on 16th November, 2011

Facebook have finally admitted that they’re experiencing a large scale attack, as spammers have flooded the site with graphic images of hardcore pornography and gore-laden violence. Continue Reading

Cyber Espionage Reaches Europe

Posted on 20th October, 2011

The Stuxnet computer worm that attacked and crippled an Iranian nuclear facility could be in place on European computers, claims an anonymous research lab. Stuxnet, supposedly created by an intelligence agency, is a virus which managed to cause damage to an Iranian nuclear fuel enrichment plant by reprogramming computer-controlled machinery. … Continue Reading

Google and Citizen’s Advice Bureau to Offer Online Advice

Posted on 17th October, 2011

Google have announced yet another partnership – and this time it’s with the UK Citizen’s Advice Bureau to produce a campaign promoting safe online behaviour. A series of cartoon adverts will feature in newspapers, on buses and trains, and across the internet to explain to people just how important it … Continue Reading

Facebook to Crack Down on Dodgy Links

Posted on 4th October, 2011

We’ve all experienced it. A friend posts a status update that seems a little out of character, but curiosity gets the best of us. We click the link and bang. Our computer is infected with Malware, our account is spewing out a new set of spammy links, and we’re cursing … Continue Reading

Are Your Spelling Mistakes Leaving You at Risk?

Posted on 13th September, 2011

How many emails do you send every day? A handful? A dozen? More? Over 90% of UK internet users regularly send emails – but they don’t always check to see if they’ve spelt the address correctly. And an incorrect email address can spell trouble for the sender… Security researchers created … Continue Reading

Google Taking “Safe Search” to New Levels

Posted on 21st July, 2011

In the past, Google’s idea of safe searching has involved making sure that people are protected from the internet’s huge selection of x-rated images. But now it’s moving against malicious software as millions of users receive warnings when they try to search. Over a million computers have been infected by … Continue Reading

Cyberstalking Victims Abandoned by Networks

Posted on 12th July, 2011

With the rise of social networking, it’s never been easier for unhinged, obsessed and downright strange people to make the lives of innocent people a misery by stalking them online. It’s a disturbing side-effect of an ever more connected online community that more and more people are ‘cyberstalking’ and disrupting … Continue Reading

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