On the 1st April Police crackdown on car hire licence acceptance terms and conditions in the means of which licence parts they accept. This is no laughing matter (pardon the April fools pun) but in all seriousness the car hire companies have been told to stay to strict guidelines as to what licences they can and can’t accept in terms of when people come to hire a car with their licence, so what are these changes you might ask and how might it affect me? (more…)
The Biggest Ever Internet Attack
In the past few weeks the internet has been subject to the biggest cyber-attack in history. A row surfaced some time back between a spam blocking company known as Spamhaus and a hosting firm named Cyberbunker. The row was caused when Spamhaus blocked several of the Cyberbunkers online servers considering them “spam” and almost as if a declaration of war Sven Olaf Khampuis spokesman for Cyberbunker has made a statement saying Spamhaus shouldn’t decide “what does and does not go on the internet”. This has caused massive revolt resulting in the biggest ever internet attack in history.
Five national cyber police forces are investigating the attacks in fear that the row could escalate through to the banking and email systems. The target of the attacks was Spamhaus’s Domain Names Systems (DNS) which is the server that joins domain names; the attack type is something called a DDoS or rather Distributed Denial of Service most likely one of the most common types of attacks across the internet.
What makes this attack so much different then?
Most websites have protection against DDoS attacks or at least most major ones do, the protection is able to withstand a certain amount of Gigabites per second (Gbps) and for an example usually email and internet servers have a DDoS protection of around 50Gbps which is usually more than any attack and is at the higher end of the protection scale.
The attack recently launched is peaking at 300Gbps almost 6x the usual high amount of defence, claimed to be able to take down government internet infrastructure. Yet surprisingly somehow Spamhaus are coping with the scale of the attack however it is coming at a cost with massively slowing down the internet on a worldwide scale as the DDoS attacks are clogging up most of the capable amount of traffic.
Spamhaus are the biggest DNS server around, if there defences are breached it could spell tragedy across the internet with billions of sites being affected and potentially brought down, if the attack continues the question is how long can Spamhaus’s defences last?
Excess Reimbursement Insurance Policy
Often when you hire a vehicle you are left stumped with a huge excess amount which is what your liability in the event that the vehicle is damaged. Nobody wants to be left with a huge bill for repair of a vehicle when they have already returned the car. This can sometimes be very unexpected and very troublesome as it may get you into financial trouble if you had not budgeted for this. (more…)
Car Hire Murcia Airport without a credit card
In the sunny country of Spain there is an airport called Murcia airport which is one of the busiest airports for flights in and out of the UK. Flights arriving from places such as Gatwick, Stansted and Bristol amongst several other UK locations and the recent airport investment of €60 million for a new run way makes it a popular destination for travellers to flock to in hope to catch some of the sun. It’s also a popular request for people to want car hire Murcia airport without a credit card. (more…)
Is the black box listening in on my conversations?
Is the black box listening in on my conversations? The black box is considering being made a mandatory requirement in cars for new drivers but people are worried that it will record everything and limit their privacy within the comfort of their car. The black box in an airplane records all the movements, conversations between pilots and anything else that happens. So is the black box in cars a similar mistress as its airplane brother? (more…)
Car Hire with a Maestro Card
Majority of all companies across the world only accept the use of credit cards as it’s seen as the easiest way to reliably hire out their fleet. This however can cause people several issues as they are stuck in a steady demise unable to hire as they either don’t have a credit card, have a low credit score or just don’t want to use their credit card due to it being quite risky. It’s well-known that Indigo often accept the use of debit cards however many of our suppliers don’t allow car hire with a Maestro card particularly. (more…)
RAF Church Fenton Closure
RAF Church Fenton located about 4 miles south east of the small town of Tadcaster has been open from 1937 where it saw its peak activity during the Second World War. The base was used to protect the largely populated regions of Leeds, Bradford, Humberside and Sheffield. There has been a rich history involving the RAF base in the past giving it its rightful mark in the history books. (more…)
Scrapping the UK Border Agency
Scrapping the UK Border Agency? A good thing or bad? The home secretary has recently come out as a critic against the UK border agency with strong words claiming that “its performance was not good enough”. The border agency formed back in 2008 and since has been troubled and criticized by many, the scrapping of the UK border agency or UKBA for short has come after a committee warning that the UKBA would take up to 24 years to clear their work backlog. (more…)
Debit Card Car Hire Malaga Airport
Malaga airport is the fourth busiest airport in Spain falling just short of Barcelona, Madrid-Barajas and Palma de Mallorca airports. The reason it’s the fourth busiest airport in Spain is it’s the only international airport to serve Costa Del Sol and its close to the cities of Malaga and Torremolinos. This being the case of course tourism is quite high as it’s a popular location to flock to on your holidays. (more…)
Debit card car hire Sanford
Sanford airport located in Sanford, Florida right next to the world famous city of Orlando. It’s a popular destination for holiday makers to flock too from all around the world, being also a busy destination within the US for flights all across the country, making it one of the top 30 busiest airports in the world. Of course with this come many people wanting to hire a car.
When going to a country or state you don’t know then it can often be confusing or hard to get around without hiring a car, due to this most people take the option of hire. Many people around the world don’t like using their credit card or just don’t have one. (more…)