Dixons Carphone has admitted a huge data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. It is investigating the hacking attempt, which began in July last year. Dixons Carphone said it had no evidence that any of the cards had been used fraudulently following the breach.There...

Apple Users Locked Out Of Files And Ransomed

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 8th March 2016 14:44
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British Gas customers have their personal details posted online

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 29th October 2015 18:40
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Breached webcam and baby monitor site flagged by watchdogs

The public is being warned about a website containing thousands of live feeds to baby monitors, stand-alone webcams and CCTV systems.


Data watchdogs across the world have drawn attention to the Russian-based site, which...

Microsoft Corp. on Monday issued an emergency security warning saying that hackers have found a way to booby-trap certain common Word files with the .rtf extension.
Microsoft says it's aware of attacks going on now, but there's no fix yet to stop the hackers. It's working on a way to stop the...

Brazen hackers managed to drain cash machines around the world in a "massive 21st-century bank heist", say US prosecutors.

A global cybercrime ring stole £29m ($45m) from cashpoints in one of the biggest bank heists ever, US officials have revealed. The gang drained the cash...

Payday Loan Sites' Dirty Tricks To Boost Traffic

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 27th January 2013 16:08.

*Payday loan brokers have hacked other websites to increase their ranking on Google* A Sky News investigation has found that some payday loan...
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I have no experience at setting up a website, apart from on Webs.com, but I could really do with one that is visible on a search engine.
Please does anyone have experience of this?

Yes I did read that and sadly I am finding many similar cases on facebook etc.

It is were I have been for the past few days helping these poor souls because many are oblivious to there entitlements and the associated rules and regulations.

The Government said they was cutting...

Hackers can steal your details from chip and PIN machines used in shops and restaurants

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 30th July 2012 19:24.

* About 800million purchases each month are processed by chip and PIN machines * Criminals can use second-hand devices...

DNSChanger: Internet 'Doomsday' Could Kick Thousands Offline On 9 July



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A virus which spread almost a year ago could cripple 20,000 UK computers on Monday, experts...

Ticketweb customers receive phishing email asking for card details after marketing database is hacke

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 14th February 2012 15:44.

Customers of Ticketweb have been receiving fake emails after hackers stole email address from the company...

Hackers outwit online banking identity security systems

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 2nd February 2012 18:35.

Criminal hackers have found a way round the latest generation of online banking security devices given out by banks, the BBC has learned. After......

'Anonymous' hackers hit US security firm Stratfor

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 26th December 2011 11:14.

The activist hacker group Anonymous says it has stolen thousands of emails, passwords and credit card details from a US-based security think-tank.......

The Government is one of the biggest offenders of spam, I browsed the job pages of the direct.gov site last night and ever since I have been flooded with spam of job offers.