Press Releases

Get Safe Online Rough Guide to Online Safety Launched - 08 May, 2012

Get Safe Online, in partnership with Association of Chief Trading Standards Officers and the Association of Chief Police Officers, recently published its new “Rough Guide to Online Safety.”

Rogue Apps Sting Smart Phone Users in Premium Rate SMS Scam - 08 May, 2012

Smart phone users are getting a nasty surprise when they see their monthly bills, discovering that they have run up huge phone bills for premium-rate text messages they did not send [2].

Threat to music fans from criminal cyber gangs - 08 May, 2012

TUESDAY 21st JUNE, 2011 – LONDON – Internet users and music lovers are being urged to be on their guard against sophisticated online scams aimed at conning them out of money for fake tickets.

Fraudsters Intensify Efforts on Christmas Day - 08 May, 2012

Internet experts are warning of an increase in phishing scams expected over the Christmas period as scammers focus their efforts on targeting vulnerable web users with fake ‘seasons greetings’ emails.

UK one of top spamming countries worldwide - 25 Jun, 2012

New statistics released in a Threat Report by Trend Micro, in partnership with Get Safe Online during Get Safe Online Week, reveals that the UK ranks top amongst western European countries for sending malicious spam. One in ten spam messages sent by the top ten spam sending countries were sent from the UK (9.77%).

Top level endorsement from senior figures - 25 Oct, 2012

Get Safe Online Week 2012 has received the endorsement of senior figures closely involved in cybersecurity.

Camelot joins Get Safe Online in the quest for a safer internet - 11 Feb, 2013

UK National Lottery operator Camelot has signed up as the latest partner of Get Safe Online

Make a resolution you can keep this year - 11 Feb, 2013

We can be certain that one prediction about 2013 will come true, the internet and our online profiles will continue to be an increasingly dominating part of our lives this year. That’s why we should all make a resolution we can keep and take measures to avoid becoming a victim of cyber crime.

Get Safe Online helps young people ‘Connect with Respect’ on Safer Internet Day - 11 Feb, 2013

This Safer Internet Day (February 5th), not-for-profit organisation Get Safe Online is urging school children to pledge to online safety responsibilities through the launch of its ‘Cyber Pro-Prefect challenge’.

Get Safe Online: don’t be a victim of mobile information theft - 23 May, 2013

Mobile device users are urged to protect the information stored on their devices, following survey findings.

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