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• 📌 Hundreds of free VPN apps are not fit for purpose

  Outdated libraries in VPN tools leave millions exposed to known security flaws

• ⚙️ Virus Total

  A free online tool that checks files and web pages for attacks

• 📌 Criminals paying browser add-on maintainers

  The person who maintains your browser add-on may be doing it for nothing. Criminals may pay them

• 📌 Password1: how scammers exploit variations of your logins

  From avoiding recycling a password, even part of it, to two-step verification, steps to closing an open door for hackers

• 📺 Last Pass Security Breach

  Password Manager LastPass had several security breaches in 2022/3. Here's what you need to know

• 📌 Are VPNs really safe?

  VPNs aren't fundamentally unsafe, but using the wrong one can be dangerous

• 📌 What Parents Need to Know About VPNs

  Looking at technical risks and possibility of unsuitable content over Virtual Private Networks

• 📌 Everything You Need To Know About VPNs

  Virtual Private Networks offer advantages and disadvantages

• 📺 What if my Child is Using a VPN?

  A VPN masks online activities: you need to ask why your child is using it.

• 📌 How to spot an email scam

  10 tips to safeguard yourself from fraudsters trying to steal your personal information and bank details.

• 📌 WhisperPair flaw lets hackers track, eavesdrop via Bluetooth

  Security researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in Google's Fast Pair protocol that can allow attackers to hijack Bluetooth audio accessories, track users, and eavesdrop on their conversations.

• 🔊 BBC OwnIt: What is digital consent

  When it comes to saying yes or no to things online, the power lies with you.

• ⚙️ Blacklight: A Real-Time Privacy Inspector

  Enter the address of any website, and Blacklight will scan it and reveal the specific user-tracking technologies

• 📌 Staying Safe Online

  You can protect yourself by knowing what to look out for, and what to do if you suspect a scam.

• 📌 Are VPNs really safe?

  VPNs aren't fundamentally unsafe, but using the wrong one can be dangerous

• 📌 What Parents Need to Know About VPNs

  Looking at technical risks and possibility of unsuitable content over Virtual Private Networks

• 📌 Everything You Need To Know About VPNs

  Virtual Private Networks offer advantages and disadvantages

• 📺 What if my Child is Using a VPN?

  A VPN masks online activities: you need to ask why your child is using it.

• 📌 Warning of scam airline accounts as Iran war disrupts flights

  Criminals exploiting Middle East crisis, targeting customers seeking air ticket help or refunds

• 📌 Digital wallet fraud

  How your bank card can be stolen without it leaving your wallet

• 📌 Spot and report scam emails, texts, websites and calls

  How to recognise and report emails, texts, websites, adverts or phone calls that you think are trying to scam you.

• 📌 AI-generated phishing emails just got much more convincing

  GPT-3 language models are being abused, according to WithSecure researchers

• 📌 Devious new Android malware clicks on hidden browser ads

  Android malware uses AI to trick traditional defenses

• 📌 New Android malware uses AI to click on hidden browser ads

  The threat actor distributes the malware in games on Xiaomi’s GetApps software catalogue

• 📌 Password1: how scammers exploit variations of your logins

  From avoiding recycling a password, even part of it, to two-step verification, steps to closing an open door for hackers

• 📺 Last Pass Security Breach

  Password Manager LastPass had several security breaches in 2022/3. Here's what you need to know

• 📌 What to do if your mobile account is hacked or number stolen

  Act swiftly and these steps could help mitigate the damage from a sim-swap scam and prevent it happening again

• 📌 Sim-swap fraud: how criminals hijack your number to get into your bank accounts

  Reports of Sim-swap fraud have gone up by 400% in five years

• 📺 What is Stalkerware?

  From the Coalition Against Stalkerware, raising awareness about stalkerware

• 📌 Your Android phone could have stalkerware - here's how to remove it

  Consumer-grade Android spyware apps covertly monitor private messages, photos, phone calls, and real-time location

• ⚙️ Virus Total

  A free online tool that checks files and web pages for attacks

• 📺 Email trick against bots

  Adding a fake email address to your email account could alert you if a bot has access to your account.

• 📌 How to spot an email scam

  10 tips to safeguard yourself from fraudsters trying to steal your personal information and bank details.

• 📌 How to spot an email scam

  10 tips to safeguard yourself from fraudsters trying to steal your personal information and bank details.