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Fake Adobe Flash Player removed from Chrome Store

Scam infects PCs to put false likes on Facebook under the guise of a video of kittens and unicorns

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Barclays bank offers free BT Wifi in branches

Bank tries to tempt customers to use mobile banking.

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US companies eroding the privacy rights of European citizens

Austrian privacy campaign group claims MEPs copying from lobbying papers 'word for word'

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Beware of the criminals posing as star struck lovers online this Valentines day

Lonely hearts looking for romance this Valentine's day are warned that criminal gangs will be targeting them online

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BT phone helps block nuisance calls

New BT6500 can be set up to filter out unwanted cold calls and scammers

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European Central Bank recommends stronger internet protection for consumers

Consumers and bank customers could be forced to change passwords frequently to avoid internet scams

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Government cuts have compromised consumer safety warns Trading Standards Institute

Council cuts to TS budgets now so "dire" according to the Trading Standards Institute consumers are at increasing risk of fraud and rogue traders

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Respect: Safer Internet Day

Ten birthday of online safety campaign looks at the rights as well as responsibilities of online users

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Sony fined £250,000 by ICO for serious data breach

Privacy watchdog says Sony failed to keep its software and security procedures up-to-date and compromised millions of people's personal information

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Improve security in Dropbox

Up safety settings on your Dropbox account to keep your documents as protected as possible while they are in online storage

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Nuisance calls still pose a problem for consumers says Ofcom

Regulator to launch new investigation into the root problems and ways to tackle silent or abandoned calls

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Criminals target old versions of Internet Explorer with zero-day attack

IE 6, 7 and in the crosshairs as user are urged to upgrade to IE 10, Firefox or Chrome

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Anonymous gives New Year's message: Expect more cyber warfare

Just like Arnie in The Terminator - hactivist group warns it will be back in 2013

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