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UK Consumers Hit By £4.6bn In Cyber Crime Last YearUK Consumers Hit By £4.6bn In Cyber Crime Last Year

UK Consumers Hit By £4.6bn In Cyber Crime Last Year

Worldwide 978 million internet users lost £130bn to cyber crooks, amidst an explosion in connected home gadgets and a poor…

7 years ago
Interpol & Cisco To Combat Cyber Crime At Singapore Nerve CentreInterpol & Cisco To Combat Cyber Crime At Singapore Nerve Centre

Interpol & Cisco To Combat Cyber Crime At Singapore Nerve Centre

Cisco is to contribute its world-spanning cyber-threat analysis to help battle increasingly sophisticated internet threats

7 years ago
Fake AdBlock Plus Chrome Extension Installed By More Than 30,000 UsersFake AdBlock Plus Chrome Extension Installed By More Than 30,000 Users

Fake AdBlock Plus Chrome Extension Installed By More Than 30,000 Users

Google has removed malware that appeared identical to the AdBlock Plus advert blocker and was listed on the official Chrome…

7 years ago
Home Office Overlooks Scale Of Online Fraud Warns NAOHome Office Overlooks Scale Of Online Fraud Warns NAO

Home Office Overlooks Scale Of Online Fraud Warns NAO

Must do better! National Audit Office says online fraud is costing billions of pounds, but is still not a priority…

7 years ago
Microsoft Tech Support Scammers Arrested In UKMicrosoft Tech Support Scammers Arrested In UK

Microsoft Tech Support Scammers Arrested In UK

Annoying tech support scammers ... four arrested in the UK after City police team up with Microsoft

7 years ago
Dating Scams Rife In Norfolk, While Cyber Fraud Rises In The UKDating Scams Rife In Norfolk, While Cyber Fraud Rises In The UK

Dating Scams Rife In Norfolk, While Cyber Fraud Rises In The UK

Consumer watchdog Which? has created a map highlighting cyber scam hotspots

8 years ago
Barclays Fights Fraud With Smartphone Debit Card Controls And Scam Awareness DriveBarclays Fights Fraud With Smartphone Debit Card Controls And Scam Awareness Drive

Barclays Fights Fraud With Smartphone Debit Card Controls And Scam Awareness Drive

The UK bank wants to educate people about the risks of cyber crime and fraud

8 years ago
Google And Facebook Hooked By $100m Phishing SchemeGoogle And Facebook Hooked By $100m Phishing Scheme

Google And Facebook Hooked By $100m Phishing Scheme

The IT giants were tricked into paying millions to a scammer who impersonated a major Taiwanese electronics supplier, prosecutors say

8 years ago
Latest Tax Scams Pressure Businesses With Emails, Phone CallsLatest Tax Scams Pressure Businesses With Emails, Phone Calls

Latest Tax Scams Pressure Businesses With Emails, Phone Calls

ANALYSIS: While most tax scams target individual taxpayers, there are some new ones aimed at businesses that will try to…

8 years ago
Card Scammers Hack Top Restaurants In POS AttackCard Scammers Hack Top Restaurants In POS Attack

Card Scammers Hack Top Restaurants In POS Attack

A list of well-known restaurants across the US are amongst those affected by the latest mass point-of-sale breach

8 years ago
TalkTalk Bans TeamViewer Remote Access Tool To Combat ScammersTalkTalk Bans TeamViewer Remote Access Tool To Combat Scammers

TalkTalk Bans TeamViewer Remote Access Tool To Combat Scammers

The move is aimed at tightening security, but users slated the ISP for giving them no warning

8 years ago
Top Researcher At Kaspersky Lab Arrested By Russian CopsTop Researcher At Kaspersky Lab Arrested By Russian Cops

Top Researcher At Kaspersky Lab Arrested By Russian Cops

A top security expert with Kaspersky Lab arrested in connection with treason investigation

8 years ago
London & Scotland Are More Affected By Financial Cyber-CrimeLondon & Scotland Are More Affected By Financial Cyber-Crime

London & Scotland Are More Affected By Financial Cyber-Crime

One in three Londoners said they had been hit by financial computer crime

8 years ago
Dutch Developer Backdoor Scam ‘Affects 20,000 Users’Dutch Developer Backdoor Scam ‘Affects 20,000 Users’

Dutch Developer Backdoor Scam ‘Affects 20,000 Users’

A developer installed back-doors in online shops and used the details he collected for sophisticated financial fraud, Dutch police say

8 years ago

WhatsApp Scam Claims To Offer Free 3G And Wi-Fi

The fraudsters are able to tailor the content they serve depending on the characteristics shown by the victim

8 years ago

Cops Arrest Dozens Across Europe In E-Commerce Raids

Authorities have carried out the first Europe-wide action targeting e-commerce crooks

8 years ago

Sage Employee Arrested At Heathrow Airport

Just days after damaging data breach at Sage, police confirm arrest of staffer at Heathrow airport

8 years ago

FCC Urges Telco Action On Nuisance Calls

US telephone companies are still allowing unwanted mass calls and texts in spite of regulatory changes, the FCC says

8 years ago

Sharp Rise In Identity Theft Among Young UK Adults

Media savvy Millennials still falling for same tricks as fraud rockets 52 percent among those under 30

8 years ago

Online Scams Leave One In Ten Out Of Pocket

Nearly half of consumers targeted by online scams in 2015, with one in ten losing money, Kaspersky report finds

9 years ago

Government Misses Gov.uk Verify Go-Live Deadline

The scheme has taken longer than expected to get up to speed as 'no-one's built anything like Gov.uk Verify before'

9 years ago

Fake CEO Email Scam Nets Fraudsters £1.6 Billion

Email from the boss? Better check it is really from the CEO and not a lowly fraudster, warns the FBI

9 years ago

RSA: Committing Online Fraud Is Just Too Easy

Daniel Cohen, head of FraudAction at RSA - a security division of EMC - explains how cybercriminals have upped their…

9 years ago

Data Breaches And Inside Jobs Head UK Firms’ Fraud Risk Fears

EY says British firms are looking to protect against fraud at all levels

9 years ago

O2 Travel Alerts Service Hopes To Stamp Out Holiday Card Fraud

O2 "World first" technology will mean you no longer have to inform your bank when you want to use your…

9 years ago

How Scammers Are Trying To Use Your Computer To Steal Your Cash

Cyber criminals want to hijack your computer for financial gain. But how does the scam work and how can you…

9 years ago

Amazon, eBay ‘Liable’ If Ignore VAT Fraud

Campaigners say the government must take action against online VAT fraud worth billions of pounds a year

9 years ago

Reclassification Of Cybercrime ‘Critical To Improving Cyber Defences’

Office for National Statistics’ move to incorporate cyber crime into official crime statistics long overdue, says certification body APMG

9 years ago

Cybercrime Is Now Britain’s Most Common Criminal Offence

Inclusion of more than seven million cyber offences pushes British crime rate up 70 percent, ONS figures reveal

9 years ago