New advice website for online security

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Twitter users will likely be familiar with the latest phishing scam by now – a direct message saying there is a bad blog going round about you and to click on the link to read it. Yet the link takes you to a copy of the twitter homepage where logging in will pass your details into the hands of fraudsters.

Thankfully there is a new weapon in the battle against scams like these, with a new website launched by Google and Citizens Advice this week offering consumers advice on online security and privacy issues.

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