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Elderly couple lose £85,000 in telephone bank scam

August 22nd 2014 A 70 year-old man and his wife from Pershore, Worcestershirehave  lost £85,000 as the result of a scam in which fraudsters posed as bank employees to obtain their account login details. For information and advice -...

22 August 2014

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Men on trial for romance scam

20 August 2014

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4 in 10 adults are not installing internet security software

August 13th 2014 Four in ten adults do not always install security software on new computers and mobiles, increasing the risk of cyber criminals accessing their money, passwords and family’s privacy. For information and advice on how to...

12 August 2014

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Gang reported to have hacked 1.2 billion usernames & passwords

August 6th 2014 It is believed that 1.2 billion usernames and passwords belonging to more than 500 million email addresses of users across the world have been hacked by a Russian gang in what an internet security specialist describes as the...

6 August 2014

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