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November 18th 2014 The Metropolitan Police says it is investigating more than 200 organised crime groups engaged in cyber fraud in the capital. The force's new cyber crime and fraud unit - codenamed Falcon - is investigating alleged crimes...
18 November 2014
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November 10th 2014 The BBC has launched its iWonder Guide entitled 'Would you fall for a scam email?', presented by Kate Russell (shown here), Reporter on BBC's Click - the online bulletin on how computers and digital technology...
10 November 2014
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November 1st 2014 Microsoft has revealed a number of significant new security features that will be built into its forthcoming Microsoft 10 operating system. Firstly, the new operating system's multi-factor authentication solution - built...
1 November 2014
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October 21st 2014 • 51% of Britons have experienced an online crime • Half of victims of online crime ‘very or extremely violated’ by their experience • 54% of Britons now want to unmask the cyber crooks behind online...
31 October 2014
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25 October 2014 Microsoft has published a temporary fix following the discovery of a new zero-day flaw that affects almosts all versions of Windows and is currently being exploited via PowerPoint. The flaw, which affects all Windows releases...
27 October 2014
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October 27th 2014 MasterCard has teamed up with Norwegian biometrics company Zwipe to launch what they say is the world’s first biometric contactless payment card, with the biometric authentication replacing the need to enter a PIN. The...
27 October 2014
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October 13th 2014 Hackers have fulfilled their threat over the weekend to post more than 100,000 images and videos online, sent using the Snapchat app. The material has been intercepted over a long period of time by the hackers, who have...
13 October 2014
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