Sure sign of system compromise No. 8: Your mouse moves between programs and makes correct selections If your mouse pointer moves itself while making selections that work, you’ve definitely been hacked. Mouse pointers often move randomly, usually due to hardware problems. But if the movements involve making the correct choices to run particular programs, malicious humans are somewhere involved. Not as common as some of the other attacks, many hackers will break into a computer, wait for it to be idle for a long time (like after midnight), then try…

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Study reveals that devices would have a positive effect on staff and organisations. Wearable technology, such as smart watches and fitness monitors, could significantly increase the productivity of workers, according to a recently published study. Researchers from Goldsmiths, University of London, looked into how wearable devices affected employee wellbeing, productivity and job satisfaction over a one-month period. The results were published in the Human Cloud at Work (HCAW) report. It showed during that period employee productivity was boosted by 8.5 per cent, while job satisfaction improved by 3.5 per cent. Workers were given…

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Serial: 4/6 – Sure sign of system compromise No. 6: Your online passwords suddenly change If one or more of your online passwords suddenly change, you’ve more than likely been hacked — or at least that online service has been hacked. In this particular scenario, usually what has happened is that the victim responded to an authentic-looking phish email that purportedly claimed to be from the service that ends up with the changed password. The bad guy collects the logon information, logs on, changes the password (and other information to…

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Serial: 2/2 – What is net neutrality? Net neutrality is a principle which states that networks should not discriminate when it comes to the content that flows through their pipes — that they should not give certain kinds of content or certain providers preferential treatment in return for money. In other words, one bit should be treated like any other bit. As former Wired writer Ryan Singel put it in explanatory piece at Medium: “Net Neutrality is the simple concept that the company that provides you internet access on your phone and…

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BYOD is happening, whether you like it or not. So how do you create a BYOD policy that works for your business? A Bring Your Own Device policy isn’t so much a choice these days as a necessity – for many companies it’s the only realistic response to the ongoing consumerisation of IT. Implementing one can make a company more flexible, and bring all kinds of benefits to an organisation. There’s the obvious reduction in hardware costs, but also the productivity gains you see when your employees use devices and…

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