Got a bit of post today. I looked at it, and thought “Junkmail”, no return address, plain “fake handwritten” manilla envelope… and opened it anyway. Inside was a pair of cards either side of another envelope. The card said “FRAUD OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT” and so I opened this second envelope. Inside was a new credit card. […]
Security through Obscurity Read More »
(Continued from yesterday’s post) So, how do we stop this new and very effective attack? Buying your own keyway is possible for a large company or the very wealthy – get in touch! – but, for the rest of us, there are only two options. The first is to buy a bump-proof lock. As far
Bumpkeys – what they are, and how to stop them! Read More »
Bumpkeys are specially cut down keys that will open almost any cylinder lock currently on the market. Sometimes they are temperamental, and other times they will open an otherwise very secure lock in a matter of seconds. Your uPVC door is probably at risk, along with your expensive Mul-T-Lock or Garrison cylinders at work. Lever
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I have a fairly open policy on my Skype and IM programs. I tend to allow the requests to join my list, and then work out who it is afterwards. Sometimes they won’t say, so I de-list them, and I’m careful to mark “untrusted” names so I don’t wind up with too many, uh… weirdos?
The joys of the internet – more than one person shares your name Read More »
Hopefully, the comments issue has been solved, and the “human test” should be working now. Sorry I took so long to realise there was a fault.
Comments issue sorted! Read More »
The First Post is an online daily web newspaper, and I’m quite taken with it. And this made me laugh.
Car crime solution Read More »
Bad customer service seems, more and more, to be the norm. We at Lancashire Locksmiths / Discreet Security Solutions find this very sad, and we try our best to be there on time, or as fast as possible. Sometimes, we are late or slower than we would like due to traffic or other difficulties, but
Our business philosophy – great customer service Read More »
A lot of people might have been confused by this, I know I was. If you are using Grisoft’s AVGFree version 7.1, you’ll have seen various pop-ups telling you that it was being stopped. However, what that meant was that the product support for 7.1 was being stopped, and that you should upgrade to the
AVG Free is *not* discontinued Read More »
Well, yet again, we see spam coming in on a weekly basis, asking us to “Clcik here, and verify your online bank details” and other humorously low grade spoof attempts. A lot of this is for banks, as well as the usual PayPal and eBay stuff. Today, we got a phonecall, purporting to be from
Too much security, re-visited Read More »
With the rather amusing title How Jews celebrate christmas, LadyADA announced to the world her latest creation. It is a simple and cheap automatic radio frequency jammer. For not very much money, this pocket sized device will knock out cellphone calls and GPS within a 10 to 30 metre radius of itself. This has some
WaveBubble – an automatic wireless jammer Read More »
