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 woman's face to appear on the new £10 banknote. This is far from being an isolated incident. […]

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 of the devices in your home and I think I can control […]

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 story).  Seriously concerning, wouldn't you say? It's perfectly well-known that this body of people at the front […]

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 global significance occurs, cybercriminals are highly likely to exploit our curiosity to cloak their nasty scams. The result could […]

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 Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP). CEOP's Chief Exec Peter Davies, shown here,  has […]

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 details can be found here: https://vouchers.innovateuk.org/cyber-security Supporting the initiative, Thales – a leading supplier in mission-critical information systems for defence and security, aerospace […]

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 wherefores.    

Those of us old enough (that certainly includes all members of the Get Safe Online team) will remember a TV show called Candid Camera, where unsuspecting victims were set up to do embarrassing things whilst being filmed in secret. It was hilarious. Recently cameras of one kind or another seem to have been in the […]

As we all know, you have to act quickly to buy tickets for festivals, concerts, major sporting fixtures and other popular events, otherwise you’ll be disappointed. For many people who aren’t lucky enough to secure tickets from the official ticketing site or venue, the first port of call is StubHub … more of which below. […]

Gagging for Glastonbury? Raring to get to Reading? Got your eye on the iTunes Festival? (Or any other gig or sporting event, for that matter). BUT … you’ve missed out on the tickets! It’s an awesome line-up and all your mates are going, so you’re desperate. What are you going to do? Naturally, the first […]