Spamming scum fire out phishing frighteners By Richard Speed An unusually large wave of phishing emails was spewed out this morning, with recipients warned that all their devices had been…
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Sharp rise in fake TSB text messages and phishing emails
Action Fraud is warning the public about a sharp rise in fraudsters sending out fake text messages and phishing emails claiming to be from TSB. Since the start of May,…
Ransomware tops malicious attack charts
Ransomware has become the most popular form of malware used in cyber-attacks, suggests a study. Almost 40% of all successful malware-based attacks involved ransomware suggests the annual Verizon data breach…
More than 746,000 NHS phishing emails blocked in a month
By Mary-Ann Russon More than 746,000 phishing emails pretending to be from the NHS were blocked in just one month in 2017, the National Cyber Security Centre says. A report on…
Cybercrim who fleeced students faces scramble to repay stolen cash
Launderer for phishing op has three months to return £630,000 or face another five years inside Alexander J Martin A woman who made £1.2m through cybercrime has been ordered to…