Aug 09 2025
You’re browsing a sketchy website—maybe looking for a firmware update, maybe trying to stream Downton Abbey without paying—and suddenly, a CAPTCHA pops up. “I’m not a robot,” it says. You click the box. You feel validated. You are human. But then… your browser redirects, your CPU spikes, and your inbox starts getting emails from a …
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Nov 24 2022
It seems like everyday we get notified about another data breach. First it was Optus, then ahm, then Medibank and the latest I heard was Microsoft data had been leaked. Obviously the first question is “how much of my info was exposed?” and then next would be “what do I need to do?” The answer …
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Mar 29 2022
Over the last few years Apple have been tightening the screws on security to make our Macs safer… effectively wrapping us up in a tight blanket of permissions, confirmations and many (oh so many) preferences. However, sometimes this blanket can be so tight we cannot move. One such confusing dialog box, which as been around …
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Jun 28 2020
Hello. How are you all? The last time I submitted an article I recall, with waves of embarrassment, saying I was going to get loads of articles out of the way because I was stuck at home. How wrong I was!. I don’t think we have been busier since the lockdown started. So apologies for …
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Sep 30 2019
In the last few weeks I have been inundated with calls from clients who have managed to get Malware on their Mac. Whether it be by clicking on an ad on the fastest way to rid themselves of fat from their eyebrows, a sensationalist article about Orlando Bloom or being faked into updating their Flash …
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