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Our response to the BBC snom VoIP Phone Article
There’s an article on the BBC news website that popped up yesterday that took our interest. It states that a “hack” lets phones “eavesdrop and make...
FTTC: Openreach modem removed from the equation
As of 1st April 2016, there will no longer be an Openreach modem installed for new FTTC connections. This means that when the Openreach engineer vi...
Email Virus: CWIH8974 PAYMENT RECEIVED from Avril Sparrowhawk
We are currently aware of a lot of malicious spam emails currently doing the rounds. As of posting this, few anti-viruses pick up the virus attachm...
How to hack any Linux machine using Grub2
Pressing the backspace key 28 times will let you circumvent a locked-down Linux machine researchers at Universitat Politechnica de Valencia recentl...
TalkTalk hacked – significant data breach
TalkTalk have once again shown their inability to keep customer data safe. Police are now investigating what TalkTalk term a “significant and susta...
AVG Anti-Virus – Stuck on Starting Windows
We have noticed a large number of calls yesterday and today in relation to users on Windows 7 where the computer sits stuck on a “Starting Windows”...
Windows Server 2003 end of support
On 14th July 2015 Microsoft will cease supporting Server 2003. This means that, going forward, there will be no more updates or patches for the Ser...
HMRC jumps ship to Google Apps, ditches Microsoft
HMRC has turned its back on Microsoft after announcing the news that they plan to switch to Google’s cloud apps services. First reported by The Reg...
SourceForge has begun hijacking popular software from their download lists
SourceForge is a popular website that offers source-code repository, downloads mirrors, bug tracker and other features. It acts as a centralised lo...
