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Use It donate 2 PCs for the DIY SOS Big Build!
Uncategorized Sep 2019

Use It donate 2 PCs for the DIY SOS Big Build!

Nick Knowles and his team of experts have recently completed their latest ‘big build’ right here in Blackburn! Hundreds of volunteers pitched in and...

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Report shows 99% of Cyber Attacks now involve social engineering
Uncategorized Sep 2019

Report shows 99% of Cyber Attacks now involve social engineering

The Human Factor report from Proofpoint shows that almost all cyber-attacks, at some stage, involve the exploitation of human error in the form of social e...

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1000+Android Apps Harvest Our Data Without Our Permission
Uncategorized Jul 2019

1000+Android Apps Harvest Our Data Without Our Permission

Researchers from the International Computer Science Institute have reported that up to 1,325 Android apps are gathering data from devices after people have deni...

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£183 Million Fine (Biggest Ever) For BA Data Breach
Uncategorized Jul 2019

£183 Million Fine (Biggest Ever) For BA Data Breach

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed a £183 million fine on British Airways, the biggest fine to date under GDPR, for a data breach where the...

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Warning: Serious Windows 7 Bug
Uncategorized Apr 2019

Warning: Serious Windows 7 Bug

Google has warned those who are still using Windows 7 that they are at risk of hackers being able to take over their computer by exploiting the combination of a...

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Automatic Compensation for Broadband Problems
Uncategorized Apr 2019

Automatic Compensation for Broadband Problems

Next week will see the introduction of automatic compensation, without having to ask, for customers of BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and Zen Internet who expe...

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HTTPS Security Vulnerabilities Found
Uncategorized Apr 2019

HTTPS Security Vulnerabilities Found

Research teams at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Tu Wien in Austria have discovered security vulnerabilities in the TLS browser encryption defe...

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Data Protection Trust Levels Still Low after GDPR
Uncategorized Nov 2018

Data Protection Trust Levels Still Low after GDPR

A report by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has shown that as 42% of consumers have received communications from businesses they had not given permis...

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