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Some tips, in brief, to help you from being scammed
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Here are some great tips to avoid being scammed, they may seem like common sense, but sometimes it helps to be reminded: Always check out callers/Emails, especially cold callers who claim to be Microsoft, your telephone provider, Bank or internet service provider. Legitimate organisations will encourage you to call back via a number you've obtained from a trustworthy source. Do not assume that the number displayed on your phone/device is accurate, these can be spoofed, leading you to believe that the caller is in the UK or from a trusted organisation. Don't call phone numbers on pop-up messages which indicate there...
Instagram Users Targeted by Scammers
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Many high-profile accounts on Instagram are being targeted by phishing and ransomware attacks, sadly, there is evidence that many people are paying the attackers. Hackers are gaining access to accounts via phishing scams; posing as personal representatives from well-known branding companies, they are contacting the victim with a proposal to start a partnership. The scam works by sending a link of their own Instagram page to the victim, but this link in a fraudulent login portal, once it is clicked, the victim is asked to give their login details, which of course, is what the cybercriminal wants. The scammer then...
Free vs Paid Internet Security Software: What’s best?
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With so much choice out there for Antivirus products, it is hard to sometimes make a smart choice, especially when there are so called ‘Free’ products. But as the saying goes… there no such thing as a Free lunch! To safeguard your devices and data, it is extremely important to have the best protection you can get, one that will regularly update, to help to secure you from on-going & changing threats. These ‘Free’ products can be very tempting, but beware, you may think you are receiving the software for free, but often the software has a ‘trade off’ where...
Be safe when working from home.
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Cyber advice for homeworkers to avoid cyber criminals exploiting Covid-19 Due to the latest advice from our UK government, more & more business and companies are asking their employees to work from home. So, to aid companies, the UK’s Cyber Security Agency has issued guidance to keep data safe from criminals trying to use the virus for exploitation. It comes as more workers resort to working from home, in response to the latest recommendations from the Government aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19. It warns that devices at home have a higher chance of being stolen or lost, so...
What Is a VPN and how does it protect me?
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Nearly all of us, at some point, in our daily routines use ‘Public hot spots’ to connect to Wi-fi, be at airports, hotels & cafes, to name just a few places. Our main worries usually being is how quickly and easily we can connect to them, but have you ever thought just how secure these public networks are? Have you ever considered how venerable you really are in trusting in these public networks with your personal & browsing data? The truth is, we all should be more concerned with protecting ourselves in these circumstances. It is extremely easy, in most...