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Exchanging Valentine's Day cards and gifts is a fun tradition...unless the message is really an attempt to trick you into buying a non-existent product or visit a malicious website. Here are a few Valentine's Day scams we expect to see...
13 February 2013
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These hackers are getting everywhere. According to this morning's Metro, viewers were stunned when their programming was disrupted by warnings of zombies rising from their graves and attacking the living. Four (viewers, not zombies) actually...
13 February 2013
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I suppose I should stop being surprised about the speed at which technology develops. Here's an example: At Barcelona's Mobile World Congress jsut three years ago almost to the day, telecoms giant Alcatel Lucent launched the '4G...
12 February 2013
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Tony Larks recounts a personal experience .... Things move pretty fast in cyber space. We’ve all been pulled along on a web-based rollercoaster ride of technological ingenuity and innovation over the past 15 years, bringing us more and...
6 February 2013
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I'm delighted to say that Get Safe Online's Cyber Pro-Prefects initiative in support of Safer Internet Day is proving a resounding success. My colleague, Partnerships Manager Laura Beckett spoke with students at Luckley-Oakfield School...
5 February 2013
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Get Safe Online's Chief Exec Tony Neate is delighted at the response he received to an online safety chat at Hawthorns High School in Pontypridd earlier today. Tony addressed 150 year 7 pupils at assembly as part of our 'Cyber...
5 February 2013
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A national codebreaking competition has been won by an extremely bright team of four students from a London school. Why not read our page on data encryption to find out how codes are used in everyday life? Click here Samson Danziger, Daniel...
22 January 2013
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Get Safe Online Partner Trend Micro has published its annual paper highlighting its predictions for the forthcoming year. 'Security Threats to Business, the Digital Lifestyle, and the Cloud'. The document is relevant to both businesses and...
8 January 2013
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