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A man responsible for running a multi-million-pound fraud website has pleaded guilty in the UK’s largest ever fraud investigation led by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).
https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/man-pleads-guilty-to-running-multi-million-pound-criminal-website-following-largest-ever-mps-fraud-investigation/
Crypto Phishing has become a common day scenario making it a shortcut to becoming rich. Evidently, phishing is one of the primary ways for hackers and scammers to make money.
https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2023/04/15/crypto-phishing-rate-rose-by-40-in-2022-kaspersky/
A criminal online marketplace selling millions of sets of stolen personal information for as little as 56p per entry has been taken down in an international crackdown.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/police-sting-smashes-fraud-marketplace-120020011.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ7FTjLqqK7cOphBzOyoAjMCkHBgrJ7J34U_EVklZAA9nFuD9xdcehCXtTQ9kVIX4WYaZnq67L8kMFvHHXxWq8oIxxooPt27SJFBF5fd8bGGbpjS6eJvc4jfHlXod_rWs4i2o0C7rJXW9DcxFJ9qbfJR6huHI6RClE4yfWfu7on3
SKY is warning customers over a dangerous type of phone call you must ignore.
These "vishing" calls are designed to hijack your bank accounts and credit cards.
Six practical steps to minimise your charity’s cyber threat, taken from an expert panel at a recent Third Sector / NCSC webinar
https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/cyber-criminals-coming-data-%E2%80%93-heres-stop/article/1813485
A ransom note demanding payment in cryptocurrencies "spurted" out of printers at a Royal Mail distribution centre.
https://news.sky.com/story/royal-mail-cyber-attack-carried-out-by-russian-linked-ransomware-gang-12785685
The high street retailer says its website, customer accounts and customer databases are on unaffected separate systems and an investigation has been launched into the incident.
https://news.sky.com/story/wh-smith-targeted-by-cyber-attack-with-hackers-accessing-data-on-current-and-former-employees-12823482
A 73-year-old woman fell victim to cyber-enabled fraud in October 2021, police said.
https://news.stv.tv/north/project-henhouse-man-charged-after-pensioner-falls-victim-to-cyber-fraud-in-aberdeenshire
The UK government is proposing new powers for law enforcement agencies to tackle cybersecurity threats and online crimes, including the power to require data owners to preserve evidence pending a decision on whether a formal request for seizure of the data by an agency should be made to court.
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/uk-government-reforms-thirty-year-old-cybercrime-law
The Scottish Business Resilience Centre is rebranding to Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland as it bids to strengthen its focus around the rising threat of cybercrime.
https://futurescot.com/scottish-business-resilience-centre-rebrands-to-cyber-and-fraud-centre-scotland/
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