Blacknight CEO Michele Neylon joins me for a chat on this week’s podcast. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 31:48; 18MB; MP3. Michele thinks Ashley Madison, the cheaters website whose entire user database has been compromised, was asking for trouble. By that, he doesn’t mean that they’ve been smitten for their […]
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Eircom Spiders Website Hacked to sell Pharmaceuticals
It doesn’t show up on the main page, but a Google crawl of the Eircom Spiders site reveals that it has been hacked and is being used to sell Viagra and other prescription drugs. Dublin web expert Antonie Geerts was looking for the shortlists for the Awards this evening; he was surprised to see a Google results page offering […]
Skype’s Blog Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Skype’s corporate blog has been hacked. See screenshot below: Apparently their social media presences on Twitter and Facebook were also compromised, though they have since regained control of them. More details here
Adobe Worries
Patch Tuesday used to be just a Microsoft thing, but other companies have gotten involved recently, and this week Adobe released security fixes for Robohelp as well as Adobe Acrobat and Reader. But if you’re thinking this is in response to Adobe’s recent hacking, I’m afraid it’s not. Security patches take weeks to prepare and […]
Agree to Disagree [Podcast #39]
Michele and I don’t see eye to eye on this week’s podcast. Facebook introduce real-money gambling: Michele says it’s just business. I think it’s the end of civilisation as we know it. Well, not exactly – but you get the picture! 🙂 We do agree that Katie Taylor is magnificent! In London, her supporters broke […]