Security

Whether you love or loathe Christmas shopping, this year shoppers are contending with more scams than ever. Fake products, cheap knock-offs and AI generated gifts are flooding the market, and finding the gifts you want (at a price that...

In September, TikTok users were posting videos of the Chase bank ‘glitch’; a way to get an infinite supply of cash without any repercussions. However, the ‘glitch’ was actually cheque fraud, and those who tried the...

According to Forbes, 14% of us work from home, with 26% of us working hybrid (sometimes travelling into a place of work, and sometimes working from home). Despite us being 4 years on from the first lockdown, when 46.6% of us...

According to PayPoint, cases of unauthorised cheque fraud have risen by 24% in the last year, costing victims in the UK £5.6 million. This scam targets people selling something either online or offline, and can be devastating for those left...

Pop ups have been around since the dawn of the internet, when you couldn’t even visit a website without your screen being crowded with ads. Now, they’re claiming that your device or your machine has a virus in the hopes that...

Many travellers opt for an Airbnb over a hotel for their holidays, preferring the cost, facilities and locations of a house. However, not all Airbnb listings are legitimate. We’ve taken a look at a few of the big Airbnb scams that you...

In February, a Willy Wonka event went viral for all the wrong reasons. It prompted hundreds of social media posts, a boatload of memes and even its own documentary. In the wake of this disaster, how can you tell whether an event you’ve seen...

If you took out a loan for your undergraduate or postgraduate degree, you probably used the Student Loan Company (SLC). Around 1.2 million students used SLC to pay their tuition fees, and receive maintenance loans in 2020/2021, with millions more...

Social media is more heavily populated with adverts than ever before, with targeted adverts directly advertising the products and services that you’re looking for. But behind many of these adverts are scammers, hoping to lure you in with an...

In October of last year the British Library suffered a ransomware attack. As recently as last month, the library was operating without any of its web based applications and facilities; no website, no phone lines and no online services at...