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People are warned to take care about what they both post and respond to on social networking sites following the publication of figures on alleged crimes involving Facebook and Twitter. For information and advice on safe social networking, click...
28 December 2012
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Four brothers have been sentenced for their part in a half-million pound internet fraud. For information and advice on protecting your identity online, click here Adnan, Imran, Ferkhan and Gibran Nawaz - all of Rochdal - had pleaded guilty to...
24 December 2012
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Security experts have issued a warning about opening a PowerPoint presentation about the Mayan Calendar's supposed end of the world event, meant to be happening today. Opening the presentation will infect your computer with malware. For...
21 December 2012
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If you are a user of Instagram, you should be aware that the Facebook-owned photo sharing site has updated its privacy policy, giving it the right to sell your photos and other information to advertisers without notifying you. For information...
18 December 2012
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We probably don't need to remind you that Christmas is just a week away. So if you haven't finished your shopping, ordered the turkey, emailed your online cards or booked that New Year break, you could be cutting it a bit fine. Which is OK,...
17 December 2012
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Plans to automatically block internet access to pornography on all computers have been rejected by Ministers, on the grounds that the move is not widely supported. The government is instead telling internet providers to encourage parents to switch...
15 December 2012
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Photo-sharing program and social network Instagram is becoming increasingly exploited by cybercriminals as the service's popularity grows. Trend Micro have warned about a new Facebook clickjacking scheme that relies on the app to lure users to...
14 December 2012
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