Did GCHQ spy on you- how to check
A recent UK tribunal that GCHQ illegally spied on UK citizens means that you can now try and find out if they spied on you.…
New number spoofing scam warning by fraudsters
A new smartphone scam – known as number spoofing – is getting millions of pounds for fraudsters consumers are being warned. Financial Fraud Action UK…
The dangers of the Connected Home
The Internet of Things (IoT) lets us communicate and connect via a myriad of different technologies. The IoT promises to let stuff, devices and gadgets…
GCHQ and NSA tracking billions of mobile phones
Almost five billion mobile phone location records are logged by GCHQ and NSA every day according to reports the Washington Post.The data is said to…
Stolen Facebook, Google passwords dumped online
More than two million stolen passwords used for sites such as Facebook, Google and other web services have been posted online.It is suspected the data…
Sir Tim Berners-Lee- UK and US govt encryption cracking is appalling and foolish
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who created the world wide web called for a “full and frank public debate” over internet surveillance by the National Security Agency…
UK creating offensive cyber force capability
The UK is creating a new cyberforce unit which will have an offensive capability, the defence secretary has announced. The Ministry of Defence is recruiting…
GCHQ and NSA spy on smartphones
GCHQ and the US National Security Agency (NSA) is reported have cracked the security codes which protect data on iPhones, Blackberries and Android devices. German…
Google’s Android accounts for 79% of phone malware
79% of malicious attacks on mobiles in 2012 occurred on devices running Google’s Android operating system, US authorities have said.Public information website Public Intelligence published…
Nuisance calls must be stopped says ICO
The data protection regulator has called for more powers to stop companies making nuisance calls, after fining a firm that broke the rules.Tameside Energy Services,…