A History Of Bot Fraud
It’s been a while since anyone’s ever asked us an even semi-serious question, so it we were quite taken aback when we were asked for advice on avoiding Bots when online
Now there are many different ways to answer this question, so after much deliberation, pizza and a roll of the dice we thought it [...]
Infosec Cynic Show – Be Part of it
Posted by The Cynic in Blog, News, Uncategorized, Videos on February 15, 2010
“The thing about the written blog is that you can attribute any quotation to anyone and no-one will be able to distinguish fact from fiction” – Abraham Lincoln
But the camera never lies. Which is why The Infosec Cynic show is coming to a computer monitor to you soon. A weekly show bringing you the latest [...]
What’s the Fuss McKinnon?
Posted by Another Cynic in Blog on February 12, 2010
It has been quite some time I have heard views on the McKinnon case, the people in InfoSec say he should be extradited for his heists but most UK citizens do not share such view. I tried to dig a little into what the entire fuss is all about, why so much hue and [...]
The Terminator on Facebook and Twitter
The dangers of internet viruses, ad bots, malware and other nasty things that can infect our computers is nothing new. But most of us learned to avoid these internet dangers by staying away from suspicious web sites and learning what bad emails looked like so we could avoid getting hit by an internet attack.
But [...]
Food Thieves

I was on twitter last night when one of my friends @kakroo complained that someone was stealing his food from the fridge. That’s just one of the joys of living in shared accommodation. Initially I was tempted to reply with a comment on how he should look at the positives and that the lack of [...]
Google Hack In China, A Setup?

At school I was never big or strong so naturally I avoided all form of physical confrontations with bigger guys. This left me with two choices, hang around with the nerds, keep my head down and hope to not get picked on. Or use my brains to become an evil mastermind and use my mind [...]



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