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Users download malware after Jamie Oliver’s site hacked

February 19th 2015 The official website of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been hacked and as a result has been posing a risk to users of downloading viruses. It is not known how many users have been affected, but it is understood that the issue...

19 February 2015

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Online dating fraud up by 33% last year

February 13th 2014 It's Valentine's Day tomorrow, and here at Get Safe Online we're urging you to be careful with not just your heart but also your safety, if you do online dating. The headline figures from new statistics issued by...

12 February 2015

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Suspended sentence for sale of unlicensed erectile dysfunction drugs

February 11th 2014 The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are today warning people who may have purchased an unlicensed medicine called GcMAF labelled as ‘First Immune’ from an online website or other...

11 February 2015

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It’s Safer Internet Day

February 10th 2015 Today is Safer Internet Day, and we're urging you to play your part in helping to create a better internet together. Safer Internet Day is an annual global event which promotes safe and responsible use of online technology...

10 February 2015

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Tues 10th Feb is Safer Internet Day

February 6th 2015 Tuesday 10th February is this year’s Safer Internet Day, an annual global event which promotes safe and responsible use of online technology – including mobile devices – chiefly amongst children and young...

6 February 2015

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18-25s most defrauded jobseekers in Britain

February 2nd 2015 Hundreds of thousands of soon-to-be-graduates and school leavers will start the hunt for their dream job in the next few months as their final year of college or university comes to an end. With over two thirds of all graduates...

2 February 2015

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Warning about ‘LinkedIn’ scam emails

January 20th 2015 A warning about phishing emails claiming to be sent by business social network LinkedIn has been issued. Internet security software specialist Symantec has warned of a new wave of such emails claiming to be issued by...

20 January 2015

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