http://megasuperweb.com Where tech meets art, filtered through the opinions of Jack Ratcliffe Fri, 17 May 2013 11:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/17/why-you-shouldnt-use-the-same-password/ http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/17/why-you-shouldnt-use-the-same-password/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 11:01:54 +0000 Jack http://blogs.norman.com/?p=3887 Read my full article at Norman.com Continue reading →]]> It seems like every week there’s another official report about the majority of computer users still not taking care of themselves online. If you’re reading this, however, you’re probably already ahead of most of them. This week, we’re going to talk about passwords. According to research by the UK government’s … Read my full article at Norman.com

]]> http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/17/why-you-shouldnt-use-the-same-password/feed/ 0 http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/16/the-trouble-with-twitter/ http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/16/the-trouble-with-twitter/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:27 +0000 Jack http://blogs.norman.com/?p=3889 Read my full article at Norman.com Continue reading →]]> It’s no surprise that users of one of the world’s biggest social networks are targets for hackers, but two particularly interesting issues hit Twitter last week – both of which could affect you and the world around you. The first was a story about explosions in the White House. The … Read my full article at Norman.com

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]]> http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/14/public-holiday-not-for-spammers/feed/ 0 http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/07/malware-invades-90-of-pirate-computer-games/ http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/07/malware-invades-90-of-pirate-computer-games/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 09:30:50 +0000 Jack http://blogs.norman.com/?p=3868 Read my full article at Norman.com Continue reading →]]> We’ve previously talked about how dangerous downloading pirated files from the internet can be – see this article from a few weeks ago. What we didn’t mention was that computer games are by far the most dangerous type of pirated file, with an incredible (and terrifying) 90% of illegally downloaded … Read my full article at Norman.com

]]> http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/07/malware-invades-90-of-pirate-computer-games/feed/ 0 http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/06/which-search-engine-is-the-safest/ http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/06/which-search-engine-is-the-safest/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 03:10:05 +0000 Jack http://blogs.norman.com/?p=3870 Read my full article at Norman.com Continue reading →]]> Search engines are gateways to the internet. Almost every journey into the online unknown begins with a visit to one of two search giants: Google and Bing. The third biggest – Yahoo! – is also powered by Microsoft’s Bing, just with added yellow backgrounds and exclamation marks. If we’re using … Read my full article at Norman.com

]]> http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/06/which-search-engine-is-the-safest/feed/ 0 http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/04/watch-out-for-boston-scams-by-email-or-tweet/ http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/04/watch-out-for-boston-scams-by-email-or-tweet/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 21:09:22 +0000 Jack http://blogs.norman.com/?p=3879 Read my full article at Norman.com Continue reading →]]> It’s a horrible thing, but opportunist scammers often use tragedies as a chance to exploit computer users. For example, with the explosions in Boston barely a week old, cyber criminals have already started using SPAM emails to infect people’s computers with malware. When checking your email over the next few … Read my full article at Norman.com

]]> http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/04/watch-out-for-boston-scams-by-email-or-tweet/feed/ 0 http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/03/no-virus-protection-youre-5-5x-more-likely-be-infected/ http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/03/no-virus-protection-youre-5-5x-more-likely-be-infected/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 14:57:00 +0000 Jack http://blogs.norman.com/?p=3877 Read my full article at Norman.com Continue reading →]]> Microsoft’s s latest Security Intelligence Report – http://www.microsoft.com/security/sir/default.aspx – had a lot to say on the subject of virus protection – including that you’re 5.5x more likely to be infected if you don’t have virus protection! Couple this with the shocking statistic was that 25% of computers have inadequate anti-virus … Read my full article at Norman.com

]]> http://megasuperweb.com/2013/05/03/no-virus-protection-youre-5-5x-more-likely-be-infected/feed/ 0 http://megasuperweb.com/2013/04/22/170000-infected-in-skype-scare/ http://megasuperweb.com/2013/04/22/170000-infected-in-skype-scare/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:54:44 +0000 Jack http://blogs.norman.com/?p=3836 Read my full article at Norman.com Continue reading →]]> When Microsoft began rolling its Messenger and Skype services into one chatting system, it seemed like a good idea. After all, isn’t it much easier to have all of your contacts in one place? Unfortunately, that’s also what criminals thought as well. By creating a central destination with well over … Read my full article at Norman.com

]]> http://megasuperweb.com/2013/04/22/170000-infected-in-skype-scare/feed/ 0 http://megasuperweb.com/2013/04/20/how-a-spam-fight-in-the-netherlands-could-help-you-know-if-youre-infected/ http://megasuperweb.com/2013/04/20/how-a-spam-fight-in-the-netherlands-could-help-you-know-if-youre-infected/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:47:56 +0000 Jack http://blogs.norman.com/?p=3840 Read my full article at Norman.com Continue reading →]]> A story circulated the web (and some newspapers) last week about a battle between two organisations in the Netherlands: CyberBunker and Spamhaus. During this period, if you noticed your internet connection drop in speed, you might be a) infected with malware and b) have been used as a weapon in … Read my full article at Norman.com

]]> http://megasuperweb.com/2013/04/20/how-a-spam-fight-in-the-netherlands-could-help-you-know-if-youre-infected/feed/ 0 http://megasuperweb.com/2013/04/19/why-downloading-movies-or-music-files-is-perfect-for-malware/ http://megasuperweb.com/2013/04/19/why-downloading-movies-or-music-files-is-perfect-for-malware/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:43:49 +0000 Jack http://blogs.norman.com/?p=3843 Read my full article at Norman.com Continue reading →]]> Game of Thrones has officially become the most illegally downloaded TV show in history; receiving over a million downloads in less than a day. At its peak, 160,000 users were downloading the file at the same time. Unfortunately, this means that all of those people could have been exposed to … Read my full article at Norman.com

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