A savvy shoppers’ guide The respective countdowns to the big Black Friday and Cyber Monday pre-Christmas shopping sprees are well and truly on for millions of saving-conscious people here in the UK and all over the world. Scouring the internet for amazing online deals is something that’s likely to become an even more important part […]

Google’s driverless car is pretty smart but your own car is about to get a whole lot smarter too. It’s also going to get a whole lot safer and become incredibly well-informed about the kind of driver you are. How is this going to happen? Because of a revolutionary little black box. If installed in […]

What can you do to identify a genuine request  from a prospective employer for a criminal record check from a fake ? In England and Wales the criminal record checks bureau changed its name from CRB to DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) approximately one year ago; despite this, many fraudsters still ask for money in […]

A data security breach isn’t something that only happens to other businesses: tens of thousands of websites around the world are hacked every day with each breach costing UK SMB’s an estimated £35,000 to £65,000. The tools and equipment available to hackers today is far more powerful and sophisticated than before, massively improving the success […]

While the online world has radically altered the way children learn and interact with their peers, it has also brought anxiety for parents about how best to protect their charges while still allowing them the freedom to explore and develop. At BullGuard we canvassed the opinions of some of our customers (parents) about the approaches […]

We’d like to acknowledge and thank Adam for contributing this blog post. It is technically quite in-depth and we have deliberately left it so to demonstrate the lengths that social engineering scammers will go to to persuade you that they are genuine and part with your money. The key tips to prevention are highlighted on […]

It’s something we probably all suspect intuitively, but research into kids’ mobile usage has confirmed that most UK children under the age of ten have some form of mobile device. A survey of 2,000 UK parents by internet security company BullGuard revealed that 70% of children are equipped with a mobile phone, smartphone or tablet […]

How should music and sports fans protect themselves against the waves of counterfeit tickets that continue to hit the market? From Beyonce to Drake, top performers have seen their fans turned away from events because they have bought fake tickets without even knowing it. England fans travelling to Brazil for the World Cup were also […]

When I pop into my local, I always have the same thing to drink. I don’t go that often (honestly,) but the regular staff see me coming through the door and pour it without even asking. I love cooking and I always use the same, large sauté pan, even if there are only a small […]

Android is now the most popular operating system in the world for mobile devices with well over a billion devices running it. And smart phones are not just phones, they carry so much personal information they’re like digital vaults that need protecting. We provide an insight into the threats currently targeting Android devices and ten […]