I had to cancel an account with a certain Internet Provider today for my parents and was stunned at how easy this was to do, even with minimal details about them. On the first call I explained that I was not the bill holder but wanted to cancel on...

Quick one before I head out of the office An Irish domain, Ivote.ie is currently being used by criminal gangs as part of an SEO poisoning attack Take the following two examples of popular search terms (I got these from Google Trends). Standard...

WARNING: This blog contains some links to phishing sites. I'm sure I was not the only person to wake up this morning to find this in my mailbox - a delightful little email informing me that my AIB account had been "temporarily limited". As a...

Hi everyone, Just a quick message to let everyone know that I am now also using Twitter. Feel free to follow me on http://www.twitter.com/bobmcardle . I will continue to use this blog (as well as the official Trend Micro blog) for articles that take...

I was interviewed recently for a jobs site (Odinjobs) asking what it takes to succeed in IT Security - the interview, along with those from other people is up at the following URL http://www.odinjobs.com/blogs/careers/entry/it_security_what_it_takes