Digital Footprint
Your Digital Footprint Part 3: Data brokers — the companies you've never heard of that know everything about you
You have probably never heard of most data brokers. That is, in a sense, the point.
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Digital FootprintYour Digital Footprint Part 2: What social media platforms actually know about you
Part 2 of our series on online privacy. Part 1 — What is a digital footprint? — is at news.atozofcyber.co.uk
Digital FootprintYour Digital Footprint Part 1: What is it — and how big is yours?
This is the first in a new four-part series about online privacy and what the internet knows about you. Plain English, practical, for everyone.
EducationDon't Get Scammed Part 4: You've been scammed. Here's what to do in the next 24 hours
*This is the final part of our plain-English series on fraud. The full series is at news.atozofcyber.co.uk*
EducationDon't Get Scammed Part 3: Romance and friendship scams — the long game
Part 3 of our plain-English series on fraud. Parts 1 and 2 are at news.atozofcyber.co.uk
Cyber ExplainedYour Digital Family Part 1: Your child's first phone — what to set up before you hand it over
This is the first in a new four-part series for UK families. Plain English, no jargon, practical advice you can act on today.
Cyber ExplainedAI Series Part 1 : So what actually is it?
This is the first in a new series of articles about artificial intelligence — what it is, how it works, what it can and cannot do, and how to use it without accidentally giving away more than you intended. No technical knowledge required.
Cyber ExplainedSo they stole all those credentials. What actually happens next?
A data breach happens when information that was supposed to be private is accessed by someone who was not supposed to have it. It can happen because of a hack, a supply chain attack, a human error, or sometimes just a misconfigured system that leaves a door open without anyone noticing.
AI & HumansWhat was actually inside the leaked AI code — and what does it tell us?
On Tuesday we covered how Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code of Claude Code, and how criminals immediately used that leak as a lure to spread malware. But that story
Cyber ExplainedWhat is a data breach — and should you be worried?
What is a data breach, should you be worried, and what should you actually do? Plain English answers with no scaremongering.