The web world: who owns who? (Infographic) - 03 Apr, 2018

By 16best.net

Company Mergers and Acquisitions, and their Inevitable Dominance

Today, mergers and acquisitions are not strange concepts. This is basically a case where the ownership of organisations, as well as all their operating units, are combined or transferred. It is a segment of strategic management which provides enterprises with the capacity to...

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How cybercriminals adapt their methods during cyberattacks - 23 Mar, 2018

By www.thebestvpn.com

Cybercrime has evolved into an entire industry. As the internet expands, people are using more apps, users are storing more data in more places, and more people can access that data. Therefore, there are more places to sell it. Cybercrime and espionage now cost the global economy more than £319 billion annually. And that cost is only expected to...

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Facebook’s mensis horribilis - 22 Mar, 2018

By Tim Mitchell

Seems like March has turned into Facebook’s mensis horribilis.

Earlier in the month, we had the social network soliciting opinions from a number of users on what its policy should be if an adult man "asks a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures." In more general terms, the users were quizzed on how they thought Facebook should handle grooming...

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10 years since the Byron Review: are children safer in the digital world? - 16 Feb, 2018

By Tim Mitchell

In the 2008 report “Safer children in a digital world”, Professor Tanya Byron made 38 recommendations for government on keeping children safe online. A decade on, against a backdrop of political changes and technological developments, the NSPCC has reviewed the progress made in implementing Professor Byron’s recommendations and consider what...

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Be Fearless – taking risks can reap rewards - 13 Feb, 2018

By Kaspersky Lab

If you're properly protected and follow the experts' advice on keeping safe online, you can embrace chances and opportunities that you probably wouldn't come across if it weren't for the internet. This guest blog by Kaspersky Lab elaborates.

Kaspersky Lab undertook research and talked to case studies to uncover attitudes towards risk taking in...

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Cryptocurrency - a risk worth taking? - 09 Feb, 2018

By Mat Hasker

Over the last two months there has been a lot of hype surrounding cryptocurrency. There have been many stories of people who have made a fortune overnight by selling Bitcoin that they have been ‘mining’ for years, with other cryptocurrency surging in value as a result. Anyone can participate too - you can buy cryptocurrency right now and if you...

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Are your kids using the Musical.ly app? - 07 Feb, 2018

By Liz Stanton, Get Safe Online Internet Safety Advisor specialising in safeguarding young people

Just watching YouTube and looking at the thousands of uploads made me realise once again that we do need to remember that as with most things relating to online usage – it’s not the apps/sites that are the problem but the lack of understanding about where and what it potentially could lead to. 

Parents/guardians, carers and professionals alike...

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10 tips for safer shopping online - 12 Jan, 2018

By Sainsbury's Bank Money Matters Team

Shopping online can be fun and convenient but are you doing all you can to keep yourself and your family safe on the internet?

Do you know how to keep your credit card secure whilst shopping online? Is your card registered for added security measures such as Verified by Visa, MasterCard secure or American Express SafeKey?

The Money Matters...

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Setting up your own profile – the good, the bad and precautions to take - 02 Jan, 2018

By Anna Rowe, a victim of catfishing - but not the kind where people get scammed for money - and is an active campaigner,

Before you embark on your journey into the online dating scene, there are a few precautions you should take. Some seem blatantly obvious, some less so but whatever the case, it’s got to be better to be informed and safe, than sorry and not safe. Under each numbered point here, I will give a reason for why this is important in italics.

Until...

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‘https’ and green padlock: safe ... or not? - 18 Dec, 2017

By Tim Mitchell

“One of the main ways you can protect yourself when shopping, banking, making payments or entering other confidential information online is to ensure the page’s address begins with ‘https’ and features a green padlock”.

This is one of the key pieces of online safety advice which has been bandied about for years, and continues to do so.

But...

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