Wave goodbye to anonymous Web surfing

It's recently been amusing to look at where Wikipedia's anonymous edits come from. There have been many self-serving edits from obvious places, as well as selfless ones from unexpected sources. I am most amused by this selfless...

Just a little side humor, we’ve had a number of amusing emails from a malware author, Dark Omega. Apparently, we’ve made grave errors in the classification of his product. It starts off with this (edited for clarity, as he’s...

I was a tad concerned to hear that The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular Web portals for downloading BitTorrent indices, went offline last Wednesday evening, after the Swedish authorities shut the site down.Reports...

I was amused to read that the SANS Institute has uncovered evidence that bots are being used to harness the power of thousands of PCs, which are then used to repeatedly click on adwords on Google.According to the IT security...

After years of making comments about third-party security issues, Sophos has found its own products are subject to a security vulnerability.Ordinarily I'd be amused at this turn of events, especially since the company is red hot...

So what do you do if you're a software pirate and want to expand into hardware piracy? Simple - if you're in China, you can pirate the company's logo on to your own hardware.Which is exactly what has happened in Beijing, where...

I was amused to read over the weekend that a cabbie from Chicago had nabbed a credit card fraudster by the simple expedient of driving him to the nearest copshop!Apparently the cabbie - who hasn't been named - was flagged down by...

Just back from Paris, where I took in a conference and had a few extra days relaxing. Unlike previous trips, I actually had some time to do what I wanted, which included perusing some of the top shelves of the - no, not for porn,...

I was amused to read in the South China Morning Post that record companies in Hong Kong (not exactly what you'd call a legit music country -Ed) are suing a man who claims he " 'can't switch a computer on."According to the paper,...

I was highly amused to learn that eBay moved like greased lightening last week to help close down a Russian Web site that was selling eBay ID/password combos for five dollars.At first I thought that anyone buying these...

I was amused to learn this morning that BT - the company you love to hate -Ed - is now selling an online security check for users PC.In return for 50 quidlets - plus VAT, inevitably - BT will remotely test your PC and/or network...

I was amused to read this week that the US government has admitted that Skype Internet telephony calls are almost impossible to tap, owing to the way they are processed.The problem, say US media reports, is that unlike most other...

Seeing as it’s Friday I thought you'd appreciate this amusing little story about the burglar who took a little too many liberties whilst raiding three houses in Wisconsin.According to the police, the thief took the time to make...

I was amused to read that police in Burnt Oak, North London - which I've rattled though on the tube on countless occasions - seized 100,000 fake DVDs and arrested three men in connection with a major forgery operation late last...

I was amused to hear over the weekend that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has started the second round of tests on its electronic passport program.This latest round of tests will involve frequent travellers passing...