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Innocent people of all ages and from all backgrounds and walks of life are being scammed, defrauded, abused, slandered and eavesdropped on every day. It's only natural, however, that the cases highlighted are those which affect the more...
7 August 2013
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Yesterday on Get Safe Online we reported that a man had been arrested on suspicion of posting abusive Tweets to feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, who was bombarded with messages including rape threats after she successfully lobbied for a...
30 July 2013
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Our SEO guru Carl pointed out this story to me and we thought it was definitely worth sharing, in the light of the growing market in home automation. It's written by Forbes Magazine Staff Writer Kashmir Hill, shown here. “I can see all...
29 July 2013
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Social workers are seriously lacking training on how to spot that children are being targeted online by abusers, according to a survey just published by the British Association of Social Workers and NSPCC (click here to read our...
28 July 2013
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Be on your guard for emails, Facebook posts, tweets and the like promising "exclusive first pictures", "video from inside Kate's delivery room" or "royal baby named". As is the case when any event of national or...
23 July 2013
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As the UK's key source of advice on online safety, we applaud the measures announced today by David Cameron to hinder offenders in accessing child abuse images. The true experts in the field, however, are our colleagues over at the...
22 July 2013
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The Government is offering £5,000 'Cyber Innovation Vouchers' to support SMEs, entrepreneurs and early stage start-ups who see value in protecting and growing their online business by having effective cyber security. Further...
15 July 2013
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There's increasing debate around whether, as a business, your email and web security is better based on your premises or in the cloud. Here's an infographic from our friends at Symantec going through the whys and...
3 July 2013
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