Why you should delete facebook immediately
It’s been reported by both Insider and Recorded Future, that a user in a low level hacking forum on the Dark Web has published the account details and phone numbers of around 533 million Facebook users. 11 million of those are from the UK. The leaked data that has been published is made up of…
SEXTORTION EMAIL SCAM: Recorded masturbation and bitcoin blackmail
Threatening emails, containing allegations of your recorded self pleasure sessions, seem to be dropping into our email inboxes more and more frequently. In today’s post i’ll show you an example of one of these emails so you know what to look for if one does happen to make its way into your junk and what…
aliens in tesco carpark?
It only seems fitting that in the same week I start working night shifts at Tesco, 50 miles away a branch of the popular superstore is attacked by a potential cyber attack. In one of my favourite news stories of the week, the BBC reported on Saturday that a Tesco in Royston, Hertfordshire left shoppers…
Phishing, vishing + smishing
In a recent post, I highlighted the threat of a recent phone scam involving the HMRC, in this blog post I’ll give you more of a breakdown of phishing, vishing and smishing and give you some examples of how cyber criminals will try to fool you in attempts to gain your details. phishing Similar to…
HMRC VISHING SCAM AND HOW TO AVOID!
It’s 08:19am on a Saturday morning in early Febuary and I wake up to three missed calls and three voicemails from a number I don’t recognise. Now I never listen to my voicemail messages but something told me that this morning I should check them out, clearly who ever called me was desperate for my…
how to get rid of ‘those’ message requests on instagram!
If you’re like the rest of us then you’ve been receiving countless group message requests on instagram and you’re probably sick of it! I know I am! Well today i’m going to show you a simple way of stopping them but first what exactly are they? I’m sure you’ve all heard of spam (no i’m…
Password managers
What are they? Do I need one? Are you using the same password for more than one application? Would I find your password in the dictionary? Do you forget your passwords easily and often have to reset them? My guess is you answered yes to at least one of the above questions, if so then…
The First post!
A quick insight of what to expect! Well here it is… my first blog! Why do this? To give you all the most up to date cyber security news and tips Because it will help you become aware of the risks we take each day just by having an online presence Hopefully this blog will…
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