Over £16 million in the UK lost to online shopping fraud during lockdown
Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, is warning the public to remain vigilant and
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Cyber Security
Microsoft warns coronavirus-hit hospitals of ransomware threat
Microsoft has warned dozens of hospitals that vulnerabilities in their VPN and network gateway devices are being targeted by human-operated
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UK and US issue joint report about COVID-19 exploitation
The COVID-19 pandemic is being increasingly exploited by malicious cyber actors and advice has this week been issued by both the
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Coronavirus Message Fraud
Recently the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau reported the new COVID-19 scam trend and updated figures show that since February 1st
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Coronavirus is been used as bait by phishers
Several cyber security researchers have uncovered a surge in the number of phishing emails using the coronavirus (COVID-19) as a
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Cathay Pacific fined £500,000 for failing to secure its customers’ personal data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific Airways Limited £500,000 for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal
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North Miami Beach Police hit by Ransomware
On 7th February 2020 the North Miami Beach Police Department determined that it was impacted by ransomware. The Department immediately
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Thai Officials Say Prison CCTV Cameras Were Hacked
Authorities in Thailand have said that they are investigating an apparent online break-in by a computer hacker that allowed him
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Hacker from Russian crime group jailed for multi-million pound global blackmail conspiracy
A top level cyber criminal who targeted hundreds of millions of computers with locking ransomware has been jailed for six
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T-Mobile breach affects more than a million customers
Over a million T-Mobile customers have been affected following a data breach conducted by a cyber criminal. The telecoms company
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