Action Fraud has received a surge in calls and reports from concerned members of the public who have received debt collection and council tax scam emails. Outstanding debt In the…
Month: April 2016
How to make big bucks hunting cyber bugs
This month the US government is launching its first-ever bug bounty programme – a 20-day scheme for cybersecurity savvy citizens to have a go at finding flaws in the Department…
Phishing email that knows your address
A new type of phishing email that includes the recipient’s home address has been received by thousands of people, the BBC has learned. Members of the BBC Radio 4’s You…
Whatsapp adds end-to-end encryption
Instant messaging service Whatsapp has announced it will encrypt all its users’ communications from Tuesday. With end-to-end encryption, messages are scrambled as they leave the sender’s device and can only…
Adobe preps emergency Flash patch for bug hackers are exploiting
As if the world needed yet another reason to finally flush Flash forever. Iain Thomson Adobe will this week issue an out-of-band patch for Flash after spotting a critical flaw…
Panama Papers: Leak firm Mossack Fonseca says it is 'victim of hack'
A partner at Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm at the centre of a huge leak of confidential financial data, says it was the victim of a hack. Ramon Fonseca…