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An email that appears to come from Microsoft warning of a software vulnerability and requesting you to validate your email account information, is a scam and should be deleted. For information and advice about how to spot and deal with email...
8 March 2013
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Facebook's upcoming new Open Graph search tool is causing concern amongst critics that it could become an increasingly important tool for employers to research potential job candidates. For information and advice on safe social networking,...
4 March 2013
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Evernote, the online information storage provider, is the latest in a raft of companies whose cloud-based services to have been hacked. The California-based company has urged users - thought to number 50 million worldwide - to reset their...
4 March 2013
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Global singing megastar Rihanna is the subject of the latest Facebook scam. But some users of the site will be familar with similar scams from last year. For information and advice on safe social networking, click here If any of your Facebook...
1 March 2013
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