There is no evidence of a Twitter data breach In June 2016 it was reported that 32,888,300 login details of Twitter users had been put up for sale on the Dark Web. A user going by the alias Tessa88@exploit.im was asking for 10 bitcoins (worth around £4060.20 then) from anyone that wanted a copy of …
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Adobe Flash Player is one of those items of software that many people are unsure about updating. A window will appear on the desktop offering an update and it will be closed because people are not sure what Adobe Flash Player is or what it does. Adobe Flash Player is software used to stream and …
Towards the end of 2014 TalkTalk customer details were accessed following a data breach against a third party contractor that had legitimate access to the customer accounts. The data that was accessed was names, home addresses, phone numbers and TalkTalk account numbers. No financial data such as bank or credit card details, or dates of …
Social Engineering is the act of manipulating people into certain actions. Criminals use social engineering tactics because it is easier to exploit your natural inclination to trust than exploit your computers security. The technical support phone call is a very common way criminals use this tactic to persuade you to pay for a service you …
It is extremely important in our technology led world that the security on the computers you use is kept up to date. This week the National Crime Agency (NCA) has announced it has taken temporary control of communications used to connect with infected computers that could steal your financial information or hold your computer to …
Windows XP, like every Windows product, has a lifecycle. This lifecycle ends when it’s no longer supported or sold. Windows XP will no longer be supported from April 08, 2014. The countdown in the right-hand column tells you how long you have until this point, but what happens then? In all honesty, nothing. Your Windows …
Browser security is a very important part of keeping you safe online. Your browser is one of the main tools you use to access the Internet. It is a software program that allows you to visit web pages and use web applications. Unless you have been more adventurous than most you are probably using one …
Scams never seem to go away; this particular phone scam has been around since at least 2009 and keeps resurfacing on a regular basis. Do NOT follow the advice of these unsolicited phone calls, they are scams. The phone scam starts with a member of the household being asked for by name, the scammer will …
Java has been in the technology news recently after vulnerabilities were found in the latest release. Vulnerabilities in software leave computers open to attack, so it is important that the software on your computer is up to date. But what is Java and why do you need it? Java allows programs written in the java …
Rogue security software is a form of internet fraud that tricks you into paying money for fake removal of malware. The software reports a number of infections and lures you into paying for a service or additional software to remove or fix these problems. In most instances these infections do not exist but the …
