Cybersecurity

Future of Internet security

Within the last weeks there has been several things that can affect to the future of the Internet. First United Nations officially condemned the practice of countries shutting down access to the internet at a meeting of the Human Rights Council. It effectively extends human rights held offline to the internet – including freedom of

Friday Fun: What happens when you reply to spam email

Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, and standard procedure is to delete on sight. But what happens when you reply? James Veitch: This is what happens when you reply to spam email | TED Talk | TED.com is a

Warning on SMS scams sent to Finnish phones

Many Finnish phones have received over the weekend and Monday a text message scam.Messages appear to be from the Croatian and Slovenian telephones, ie + + 385- and 386-numbers.  Did you get this text message? Remove it! I got the message and dis that. Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority Viestintävirasto has written a security note on

The Funniest Electronic Signs on the Open Road

As it turns out, hacked electronic road signs are actually a fairly easy prank to pull off, due to the fact that road workers rarely take the time to lock the boxes that the sign’s keyboards are connected to. This collection of already-hacked signs should be way more than enough to satisfy your funny road