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25 October 2014 Microsoft has published a temporary fix following the discovery of a new zero-day flaw that affects almosts all versions of Windows and is currently being exploited via PowerPoint. The flaw, which affects all Windows releases...
27 October 2014
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October 27th 2014 MasterCard has teamed up with Norwegian biometrics company Zwipe to launch what they say is the world’s first biometric contactless payment card, with the biometric authentication replacing the need to enter a PIN. The...
27 October 2014
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October 13th 2014 Hackers have fulfilled their threat over the weekend to post more than 100,000 images and videos online, sent using the Snapchat app. The material has been intercepted over a long period of time by the hackers, who have...
13 October 2014
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October 11th 2014 Hackers are reportedly planning a massive online leak of images captured using the controversial photo messaging app Snapchat. For information and advice on responsible social networking, click here Up to 200,000 photos and...
11 October 2014
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October 10th 2014 Family members of a businessman jailed for aiding a romance fraud gang screamed and fell to the floor in shock as he was handed a three year jail sentence yesterday. For our newly updated advice on how to keep online dating...
10 October 2014
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October 6th 2014 A 63-year-old woman accused of trolling Madeleine McCann's family has was found dead at the weekend, with police not treating the death as suspicious. For information and advice on responsible social networking, click...
6 October 2014
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September 30th 2014 A Bristol man has been jailed for 18 weeks for sending abusive Twitter messages to Walthamstow Labour MP Stella Creasy, after she campaigned to feature Jane Austen on the £10 banknote. For information and advice on...
30 September 2014
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September 25th 2014 If you have a computer, server or mobile device running non-Windows operating systems - including Apple's OS, Linux and other UNIX-based systems - you may be facing a severe security threat from a bug dubbed Shellshock....
25 September 2014
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