The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have released their findings from the 2017-2018 Cyber Security Review of UK businesses and charities. We’ve summed up some of the key points in out Inforgraphic.
Scams are getting more and more convincing and complex, using multiple ‘attacks’ to gain your trusted information, building complete profiles from your information. Here’s some up-to-date information on some of the latest scams to watch out for.
A number of Facebook accounts have been compromised, with accounts sending out personalised messenger posts to friends, with links back to a Facebook page, such as a pages called “216,526 Views” and using a YouTube like icon. If you receive such a message, contact the sender buy another means to Read more
In a recent data privacy review of UK companies, almost one quarter of employees were known to have breached data security by leaking business data intentionally to other companies. Contact us today to find out how to secure your companies precious data.
One of the regular occurring scams is back, being spread mostly by WhatsApp at the moment but likely to be popping up on other platforms like Facebook and Twitter
A recent Which? shoes how easy it is to fake text messages as being from your bank or credit card company. In the report the journalist along with ‘ethical hacker’ Scott Mcgready are able to create and send convincing fake emails that show up alongside genuine text messages from a bank.
Fraudsters Don’t See Tragedy, They See Opportunity After any major incident, many people turn to the internet to find out more information and to see if there is any way in which they can help. The majority of us will be shocked by tragic events as we see them unfold, Read more
Facebook scams designed to get shares by emotionally blackmailing you. Don’t spread the scam, find out how to spot the fake posts before you click the share button.
OK, It’s going to turn into one of those urban myths that unsuspecting journalists or well-meaning Facebook friends post from time to time, but behind the PR there is a serious note or warning.
With more users realising the security benefits of 2-step authentication, the criminals are coming up with new ingenuous ways to break into your account.