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Evernote user? Change your password!

Evernote, the online information storage provider, is the latest in a raft of companies whose cloud-based services to have been hacked. The California-based company has urged users - thought to number 50 million worldwide - to reset their...

4 March 2013

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Rihanna ‘sex video’ event scam

Global singing megastar Rihanna is the subject of the latest Facebook scam. But some users of the site will be familar with similar scams from last year. For information and advice on safe social networking, click here If any of your Facebook...

1 March 2013

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ISPs ordered to block pirate sites

The UK's major internet service providers have been ordered to block three websites offering links to pirated material. For information and advice about downloading and file sharing, click here Kickass Torrents, H33T and Fenopy - according...

28 February 2013

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Venables Tweeters to be charged with contempt

A number of people are to face contempt charges after allegedly posting up-to-date images of child killer Jon Venables on Twitter. For information and advice on safe social networking, click here Attorney General Dominic Grieve has said that...

27 February 2013

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Startling increase reported in ‘money muling’

Members of the public are being recruited to money-launder thousands of pounds to criminal gangs abroad, funding a global trade in drugs, people trafficking and terrorism. To find out how to spot whether you are being approached to be a money...

25 February 2013

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Microsoft is latest target for hackers

Microsoft has become the latest in a spate of US technology giants to have been targeted by hackers. For information and advice on protecting your website against unwanted intrusion, click here A statement by Apple on Tuesday said that its...

23 February 2013

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