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We all have reminders about updates on our devices, but just how important are they? -well, the answer is VERY! A classic example of this is the security concerns that have been high-lighted by India’s main cyber security agency, Cert. They have strongly requested that users of the app, WhatsApp, a messaging service, should update their older versions as soon as possible, due to an issue from a video file sent from an unknown source. This has infiltrated WhatsApp’s software and used it to install spyware on devices. Although, WhatsApp (who are owned by Facebook) have stated that they have...

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...

Today is National Safer Internet day, and here are a few tips to help keep your child safe online: Be free to talk regularly to your child. Find out how they use the internet and how they interact with the technology, how they express themselves online, and how they feel when they are on the internet, particularly using social media. Help them to explore differences The internet is full of diverse people trying to communicate with your child. It is the first place, for some children, where they see and communicate with people who are different to themselves, but also...

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Dixons Carphone have been issued a massive fine of £500,000 for a huge data security breach which displayed names, postcodes, private email addresses as well as unsuccessful credit checks of over 14 million customers.     On top of this, upon investigation from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) it was revealed that around 5.6 million credit/debit card details were also breached during the huge security attack between July 2017 and April 2018.     This is not the first fine The Carphone group has received. Back in July 2015 The Carphone Warehouse, part of the same group, had also been...