A sneaky new Trojan attempts to extort money from BitTorrent users under the guise of a fictitious copyright infringement lawsuit. Malicious pop-up messages (shown below) generated by the malware, which is being spread via fake files offered up for download through BitTorrent, seeks to bully victims into agreeing to pay out for a “pre-trial settlement” of $400 in order to avoid possible prosecution over supposed copyright ...

For those of you who know me, you know I love music. As my musical taste encompasses a broad spectrum of styles, you won’t be surprised that Johnny Cash is amongst one of my favorites. Although country music makes many people cringe, Cash has won the respect and reputation of a serious recording artist, and in his own right, his music is set way above the bar than most artists today. Whilst maintaining the same tradition that resulted...

As release of Adobe CS5 is approaching its developers let slip more details about its features and advantages. They don’t miss a chance to hot up our interest in the forthcoming product. Michael Coleman, After Effects product manager, has recently announced some more exciting news about the product. First of all for those who missed Adobe October announcement it should be reminded that After Effects CS5 is developed as native 64-bit....

Microsoft has announced its “get on the bus” tour of North America. During the tour Microsoft will demonstrate the new features of Windows 7 and Office 2010 on a bus. In January 2007 Microsoft set off on a Windows Vista coach tour that featured comfy leather recliners, wireless internet, Xbox 360s and free copies of Windows Vista. The Get On the Bus Tour is back home and they are taking the 10-city road tour to the East...

Well, its about time I had a personal blog, rather than just my Security one as I’m really only limited to security stuff there. So here I’m going to post stuff that interests me, makes me laugh, makes me angry or just some general cool stuff. This blog is work in progress, so please don’t message me moaning that things don’t work right, as a self hosted blog takes ages to get right. Either way, I hope you enjoy my...