How to Choose and Protect Your Passwords

Set strong passwords that are easy for you to remember but hard for hackers to crack, and keep your accounts secure.

Big Business and Wikileaks

How Wikileaks has exposed financial secrets that major corporations and wealthy individuals would rather keep hidden.

Data Leaks: Are IT Department to Blame?

IT staff are most likely to deliberately leak company data, often on Tuesdays and usually via laptops or removable drives.

Facebook Security Tips to Keep Your Details Private

Stop guessing about Facebook privacy and take control of your account settings with these practical steps.

What is Wikileaks?

Wikileaks is a whistleblowing site that publishes leaked government and corporate documents, operating since 2006 despite controversy.

Banks and Your Data: Why it's Still Getting Lost

Banks keep losing your personal data due to their own security failures and human mistakes, not yours.

Online Dating Sites and Data Breaches

Popular dating sites like eHarmony have suffered data breaches, exposing user passwords and personal information to hackers.

The True Cost of Cyber Crime

Cyber crime costs the UK £27bn yearly, but the real figure is likely far higher because most attacks go unreported.

My Credit Card Details Were Stolen: A Case Study

How one woman's credit card was used by scammers while she was on holiday and what happened next.

What is RIPA?

RIPA is UK legislation that regulates how government bodies and councils conduct surveillance and investigations while respecting human rights.