Black Friday & Cyber Monday

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It’s beginning to look a lot like… black friday!

We don’t celebrate thanksgiving in the UK, but that hasn’t stopped big American companies pushing the traditional start of American christmas shopping into Europe, and so we approach another Black Friday and Cyber monday.

Here are some tips to help you navigate and stay safe while you shop online for those must have deals.

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Magecart

Magecart

Cast your minds back to September 6th 2018 and you may recall that British Airways announced the theft of customers data, including payment information, over about a week in late August. About 380,000 customers had their information lifted from the website, but this wasn’t a typical breach where the company servers were infiltrated, this was more like a purely digital version of the card skimmers that were used to get your card details when you used an ATM.

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Passwords

Passwords

PASSWORDS

They are a requirement of modern life on the internet. But what makes for a good password? how can you have a different password for each site? and what is 2FA?

We’ve cobbled together the best tips and tricks for managing your passwords and keeping your accounts safe.

Jump to: Good Passwords V Bad Passwords, Worst Password List, Check Password Strength, Reusing Passwords, Pwned Email, Don’t Remember Passwords, 2FA, USB Security Keys

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Black Friday & Cyber Monday

Black Friday Cyber Monday Tag

Black Friday Cyber Monday Tag

Buyer Beware!

You can’t escape from the adverts. The American Thanksgiving sales day has been ported over into the UK as a promise of great deals for Christmas shoppers, many taking to online outlets to beat the queues.

Retailers such as Amazon, John Lewis and Argos are predicting a record-breaking weekend for their online sales. But as with any event that gets users eager to snap up deals online, the criminals are lurking just around the corner ready to take exploit any unsuspecting shoppers. Read more