Catches of the Month Archive
The start of 2021 is looking an awful lot like the end of 2020 – not least when it comes to cyber crime. Scammers are as active now as they ever have been, so it’s essential that you remain vigilant …
In a Christmas in which we’ll be relying on technology more than ever – whether for online shopping or staying in contact with loved ones – we must all be aware of cyber security threats. According to the UK government, …
As the UK heads back into lockdown, we expect to see a fresh wave of phishing attacks capitalising on the public’s fear and uncertainty. At the start of the pandemic, we discussed emerging phishing scams centred on the coronavirus. Fortunately, …
In our latest round-up of phishing scams, we look at how and why the rise in remote working has made us more susceptible to fraud. We also explain why you should be careful if you receive an email telling you …
In our latest round-up of phishing scams, we look at a novel Instagram scam that targets victims through their direct messages, review the latest campaign that imitates Microsoft Office’s log-in page and discuss how even a cyber security training provider …
In our latest round-up of phishing scams, we look at how criminal hackers infiltrated Twitter and sent tweets from dozens of compromised accounts. We also explain how fraudsters impersonated Google Cloud Platform in a PDF download scam, and issue a …
As we enter the second half of the year – and the fourth month of lockdown restrictions in the UK – the security threats posed by COVID-19 rage on. Indeed, the cycle of attacks has been evolving so rapidly that …
One of the more damaging side-effects of the coronavirus pandemic has been the increase in targeted phishing scams. Action Fraud estimates that Britons were conned out of £3.5 million in the first two months of lockdown, with cyber criminals cashing …
We have just seen 8,801,171,594 breached data records in one month. Yes, 8.8 billion. Granted, the majority of those were the result of a leaky database belonging to the Thai phone network AIS that was quickly resolved – but it …
Coronavirus continues to dominate the cyber security landscape (and pretty much every other part of our lives), with cyber criminals cashing in on the disruption. Whether you’re forced to work from home, out of work or otherwise preoccupied by the …