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The continuing increase in online criminal activity is confirmed in Symantec's 18th annual Internet Security Threat Report, just published. This highlights the need for people to be more aware of the dangers of going online using any device,...
16 April 2013
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WordPress, the web platform which powers around 17% of the world's websites and blogs*, has been attacked by a botnet of tens of thousands of individual computers. The attack comes just after WordPress increased security with optional two-step...
15 April 2013
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Metropolitan Police are currently trying to locate a suspect in relation to a series of property rental frauds across London, five of which were in Westminster. Read Get Safe Online's information and advice on safe property rental by...
11 April 2013
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A 26 year-old hacker whose targets included the NHS and CIA, has pleaded guilty to computer hacking. Ryan Ackroyd, from South Yorkshire, was due to face trial for taking part in a string of cyber-attacks, but today pleaded guilty to one charge...
9 April 2013
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A storm has blown up following news that Britain's first youth police commissioner had previously posted a string of offensive comments on Twitter. For information and advice on safe social networking, click here Paris Brown, 17, who took...
8 April 2013
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