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The Metropolitan Police’s Fraud Squad has produced five videos to advise internet users on how to avoid becoming a victim of crime by adjusting current online behaviours that can make users vulnerable to cybercriminal activity. Last...
26 June 2017
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June 7th 2017 Findings revealed in the latest update to the Net Aware guide - published by children's charity NSPCC - show how easy it is for school children to access dangerous and harmful material online - despite repeated calls for...
7 June 2017
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June 2nd 2017 In general, criminals have no scruples about whom they defraud – however much hardship or despair it causes the victim. However, the offer of fraudulent tickets to this Sunday’s One Love Manchester concert featuring Ariana...
2 June 2017
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May 31st 2017 Research carried out with young online gamers by anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label, has revealed that 57% of those surveyed had been victims of bullying online when playing games. For information and advice on safe online...
31 May 2017
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May 24th 2017 Action Fraud - the UK's national fraud and cybercrime reporting centre - has received the first reports of 'technical support' scammers claiming to be from Microsoft, exploiting the global WannaCry ransomware...
24 May 2017
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May 22nd 2017 It has been reported that he majority of PCs infected by the WannaCry ransomware worm in last week's cyberattack were running Windows 7. Two security software firms have said that most used the older version of the...
22 May 2017
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