The Daily Mail whisks up Kaspersky fears – but where’s the meat?

The Daily Mail has published a story designed to petrify millions of customers of Barclays Bank.

Malware suicide-bombing, as described by the Daily Mail and Weekly World News

The Daily Mail has compared the Rombertik malware to a “suicide bomber”.

Seriously?

“How a North Korean cyber attack could cripple Britain”. The Daily Mail goes bonkers

There’s nothing like serious journalism, which avoids sensationalism and instead serves up a sensible, level-headed exploration of complex issues for the edification of the public.

Unfortunately this Daily Mail article is *nothing* like serious journalism.

Venn diagram of an internet porn filter

Dr Paul Bernal, the lecturer in IT & media law who has blogged thoughtfully about the UK Government’s plan to introduce a “porn filter”, has produced a rather natty Venn diagram which hits the nail on the head.

If you’ll pardon the expression.

Share via email “Friends” spam via The Daily Mail leads to 419 scam

Spammers seem not to realise that Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Chandler, Joey and Ross stopped being Friends years ago.

Girl who had sex with 5000 men exploited by sleazy Facebook scammers

The story of a British woman who claims to have slept with 5000 men over the course of the last nine years, has been exploited by Facebook scammers.