Showing posts with label security on internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label security on internet. Show all posts

Friday, 4 January 2013

Where Does It Go?


So you're enjoying spending some time on Twitter and catching up on the latest trending topic when someone you've never heard of before sends you a shortened link - Do you click it?


Saturday, 22 December 2012

Implications of using BitTorrent and other peer2peer software



Programs such as BitTorrent are popular for sharing and downloading files.

However, apart from the legalilty of sharing copyright material,  there are serious security concerns that whilst someone might be downloading the latest James Bond film, "adult entertainment" or Dr Who episode...  the P2P(Peer-2-Peer) software could also be used as an easy access tunnel into the user's computer.