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November 7th 2017 Experts are querying the integrity of Google’s Play Store after a fake version of WhatsApp was downloaded more than a million times. It has subsequently been removed. To the unsuspecting mobile user, the app –...
7 November 2017
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October 26th 2017 In an update to our headline story yesterday, we can report that as part of National Charity Fraud Awareness Week, Get Safe Online has joined forces with the Fraud Advisory Panel, law enforcement agencies, regulators and other...
26 October 2017
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October 17th 2017 Yesterday (October 16th), research into potential global weaknesses to Wi-Fi systems, was published, and it is emerging that manufacturers are now providing - or planning to provide - patches to overcome the vulnerability. But...
17 October 2017
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October 11th 2017 Cyberbullying, trolling, abuse and under-age access to porn will be targeted in plans drawn up by Culture Secretary Karen Bradley to make the online world safer. The Government’s Internet Safety Strategy, released...
11 October 2017
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September 28th 2017 - Total losses on card, remote banking and cheque fraud were 8% lower in the first half of 2017 than in the corresponding period in 2016 - Industry successfully stopped more than two-thirds of attempted financial...
28 September 2017
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