Basingstoke is the largest town in the county of Hampshire. It is situated in south central England, and lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon at the far eastern edge of Salisbury Plain. It is located 30 miles northeast of Southampton, 48 miles southwest of London, 27 miles west of Guildford and 20 miles northeast of the county town and former capital Winchester. According to the 2016 population estimate the town had a population... Show more of 113,776. It is part of the borough of Basingstoke and Deane and part of the parliamentary constituency of Basingstoke. Basingstoke is an old market town expanded in the mid 1960s as a result of an agreement between London County Council and Hampshire County Council. It was developed rapidly after the Second World War, along with various other towns in the United Kingdom, in order to accommodate part of the London 'overspill' as perceived under...
Scammers who prey on Apple iMessage users via phishing (or smishing) messages are doubling down on a novel tactic that tricks their victims into disabling built-in security. Spotted by BleepingComputer, a series of such phishing attacks have surged since last summer, especially over the past few months,...
In the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, Check Point researchers have discovered an alarming trend involving scammers exploiting community generosity through QR code phishing schemes. The recent wildfires in Los Angeles have wreaked havoc, resulting in 24 fatalities, the destruction of 12,000 structures,...
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