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May 8th 2014 Consumers are being warned not to use a number of herbal medicines that can be bought on the internet, after they were found to contain undeclared prescription-only medicines and heavy metals. For more information on the dangers...
8 May 2014
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May 6th 2014 Police are seeking a phone thief after a security device allegedly took his photo and emailed it to the device's owner. For information and advice on keeping your mobile phone safe, click here The HTC phone was taken from...
6 May 2014
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May 2nd 2014 Windows XP operating system users will receive the security update that Microsoft has issued to fix a flaw in its Internet Explorer (IE) browser discovered earlier this week. For information and advice on replacing Windows XP,...
2 May 2014
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May 1st 2014 Today saw the launch of Scams Awareness Month by Citizens Advice, Citizens Advice Scotland and the Trading Standards Institute. Throughout May, the organisations are urging people to “fight back against the...
1 May 2014
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April 30th 2014 A man was sentenced to two years and three months imprisonment today for his part in a sophisticated phishing scam that targeted hundreds of UK students, using their compromised data to steal in excess of £1.5...
30 April 2014
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April 29th 2014 The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) has announced that it has suspended more than 2,500 websites selling counterfeit goods since its launch in last September. The announcement was made yesterday, which was also...
29 April 2014
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April 28th 2014 Nearly three weeks following Microsoft's recent well-publicised cessation of support of its old Windows XP operating system, a number of hacking attacks have taken place on firms in the US via a vulnerability in...
28 April 2014
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April 24th 2014 The leader of an internet gang which stole £1.25m from Barclays and Santander Banks in 2012 and 2013 has been sent to prison. The gang used a 'Trojan horse' device to take over control of computers at several...
24 April 2014
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