This week brings the start of the online shopping event known as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. With most high street shops closed for lockdown; the biggest online retail event of the year is expected to be bigger than ever. Be warned, this increase in internet shopping brings increased dangers to consumers. Cybercriminals are using increasingly sophisticated and convincing techniques. Unsuspecting shoppers looking to bag a...
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International Fraud Week, November 16-21, 2020 Why you need to act against cyber–crime during the COVID pandemic It’s International #fraudweek! Why does it matter? There has been a massive acceleration in cyber-crime since the start of the COVID pandemic, with a 660% increase in March alone according to the Office for National Statistics. The nature of these cyber-attacks varies, but there are increasing trends in email hacking leading to serious invoicing fraud. Ransomware attacks, phishing and data breaches are also increasingly common resulting in costly downtime. With...
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