A typosquatter is someone who has registered a web address that is very similar to a well-known shop or online business. The difference can be a common or simple typing mistake. So, for example debenams, or argoss have been seen. The criminal then puts up a web site very similar to the real shop in order to entice you to enter your credit card details. It is usually a good idea to type in the name of a web address in order to avoid clicking on a suspect link, but this scam shows you have to be very careful not to make any mistakes. If you are in any way suspicious about the site don't leave your credit card details.
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Safe Online Shopping - Top Tips
At this time of year we are at peak time for online shopping. Here is a collection of sites with lots of good tips for safe online shopping:
Saturday, 26 November 2011
Exposing Russia's murky trade in exploit hack packs
I dont usually like to post about the varius threats and cyber criminals. I prefer to discuss methods and techniques to improve security. The security industry is very good at hyping up the threat anyway. But this BBC article gives some excellent insight into how viruses (or malware) can be written to order, and how cyber crime has become a business. It reinforces the need to keep your software up to date.
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Police crackdown on fake shopping sites
Unfortunately I think we will see this headline every Xmas as there seems no effective way of keeping rogue traders off the web and Xmas, with the high online shopping rate, is their favourite time to set up stall.
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Facebook 'to seek consent for privacy changes'
Good news! Facebook should be moving to an 'opt in' approach to privacy. In other words users privacy options can only be changed if they agree to it. To date it has been far too easy for privacy to be gradually eroded by subtle changes in privacy policies. Let's face it, most of us have no time to read privacy policies so we need more protection from websites who gather, hoard and abuse the data they need to attract advertisers.
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