The past, present and future of the password
Passwords have been around in one form or another for a considerable amount of time. Using a form of challenge and response has been a way of verifying an individual far before computers even...
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Are you being followed online
Let’s paint a picture; a 40-year-old Tom Cruise walks through a shopping mall. Pocket sized cameras lace the walls where they intermittently scan his face. Adverts nearby spark to life with messages targeted specifically...
Security’s the same, simply what we do with it has changed
Security is a subject that has been around in some form or another since humanity realised we could disadvantage others. It’s come a long way from physical security to security that now rests in ‘cyber’. The...
Opt-In Security V.s Forced Security
If I was to offer you the choice between one of two devices. The first device is completely customisable, allowing you to change almost any factor related to it. The second device has been...
This article is already out of date
As each second goes by the contents of articles become more and more questionable. Reading one at 2pm and finishing at 2:05pm? What’s to say that any of it would have any significance? During...
What you can learn from the Friend Finder data breach
Organizations becoming the victim of security breaches has become a well known fact. In the past month three high standing organisations: FriendFinder, NHS and Three, have all fallen victim to a data breach. The...
The cyber currency of attention
We all live in an age where information of all kinds is at our fingertips. We can find a local pizza shop, buy tickets to that sports game and find out what вода means....
Is it time to disconnected your phone and adopt the internet?
For those of you that want an answer straight out of the gate, it’s a no. The more in depth answer however, is a maybe – one day at least. Ofcom routinely release statistics on landline...
How much are your eyeballs worth?
Now I know this sounds strange, but, how much are your eyes really worth? We view websites all of the time, and for most of that someone will be paying for us to see...
The prolonged death of the password
Passwords have been the bane of our existence since people realized they could be hacked. We’re now getting to the stage where the Computer Security community is maturing away from passwords. For now however...
