Author Archives: mike

One aspect of security that is easy to overlook is visual security where sensitive information is displayed on a screen in a location where it can be overlooked by people who should not have access to that information. A new … Continue reading →

Email is an old technology – I sent my first email almost exactly 25 years ago – and we are all quite used to it. So we have all developed habits over the years which we are used to, and not … Continue reading →

Sophos have released the latest version of their so-called “threatsaurus”, which whilst it does abuse the English language also details the top threats in IT security today. The document can be downloaded at the following URL :- http://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-news-trends/security-trends/threatsaurus.aspx If you … Continue reading →

The following link contains detailed information about the “West Yorkshire” ransomware :- http://www.pc-xp.com/2012/05/21/west-yorkshire-police-virus-removal/ This link was added for the use of technical staff. What Is Ransomware? Ransomware is a kind of malware that infects your computer and then displays a … Continue reading →

… or to be more precise, if your computer is infected with dnschanger, then it will appear that the Internet is dead on the 9th July. Whilst the University itself does not have a large problem with infected machines, it is entirely … Continue reading →

The UK has recently adopted a law in line with European legislation covering the use of web site cookies. Anyone involved in the production of web sites that may use cookies should be familiar with the law any appropriate advice. … Continue reading →

According to the Sophos Naked Security blog, there are rumours of the hashed password file from the LinkedIn site being found on hacking sites. If true it means that anyone with a LinkedIn account should consider their password compromised and … Continue reading →

It is possible that you may have heard of the IS Security team performing security scans of servers or networks. Those rumours are true. Of course what you may not be aware of is that other even nastier people are … Continue reading →

This is hardly a new thing – it is about a particular kind of spam trying to persuade you to give up login credentials. This has been labelled as “Phishing“, which some of you may be bored of reading about … Continue reading →

But still with a serious point :- And the serious point is that tacking the technical side of security may actually make things worse!