UK Parliament hit with 3 million email attacks every month
Cyber fears for Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a sharp rise in the number of cyber attacks and malicious emails targetting Members of Parliament, according to new official data
- 23 November 2020
ASDA CEO Roger Burnley spoofed by hackers in free £35 gift box scam
Supermarket boss is the latest high profile figure to be 'spoofed' as part of a fake Facebook scam designed to trick shoppers into handing over their bank details. Last month M&S CEO Steve Rowe also fell victim to a similar online scam on social networking site Facebook
- 23 November 2020
Open University hit with 1 million email attacks in 2020
Cyber criminals launch over 1million individual attacks via spam, phishing and malware against the Open University in 2020, cyber experts warn of the risk to students
- 9 November 2020
Crown Prosecution Service guilty of over 1,600 data breaches in the last year
Crown Prosecution Service suffered 1,627 data breaches in the last 12 months, accordingy to official figures.
- 8 October 2020
Home office under fire for 120% surge in data loss incidents
Home Secretary facing questions around cyber security risks as reported data loss incidents associated with the Home Office rise 120%
- 21 September 2020
NHS Hillingdon Clinical Commissioning Group secures remote device estate with Absolute during COVID-19 Crisis
Leading Clinical Commissioning Group secures device endpoints during the Covid-19 outbreak with Absolute Software to ensure full cyber security
- 20 August 2020
NHS hit with over 40,000 email attacks during Covid-19 outbreak
NHS Digital reports that over 40,000 spam and phishing emails were reported by doctors, nursers and health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic
- 12 August 2020
Cyber security threat as top government officials lose 316 mobile devices
Research reveals over 300 government gadgets have been lost over the last three years, including laptops and mobile phones, potentially putting national security at risk, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request
- 13 July 2020
HSBC App phishing scam targeting workers using SMS during Covid-19 outbreak
A new HSBC-branded phishing scam is doing the rounds, targetting workers with a fake text message and directing them to a scam website, cyber experts warn of the risks
- 9 July 2020
Cyber criminals bombard self-employed workers with HMRC SMS phishing scam
Sophisticated phishing scam offers self-employed workers a tax rebate, only to steal confidential financial data, a new investigation has revealed
- 9 June 2020
Government splashes out on 700 Zoom accounts despite warnings from security chiefs
Major UK departments buy-up licences for Zoom web conference systems despite official warnings from National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) about security risks
- 20 May 2020
EasyJet hit with massive cyber attack
Leading airline hit with a ‘highly sophisticated’ cyber attack, which is reported to have affected the person data of around nine million of its customers
- 19 May 2020
One third of companies sack IT staffers due to Covid-19 cost concerns
Leonne International polling of over 1,000 companies globally reveals that over one third of businesses have axed members of the IT team in order to save costs during the Coronavirus outbreak
- 11 May 2020
HMRC bans nearly 300 Covid-19 phishing scam sites since March
Hackers exploiting Coronavirus pandemic with fake websites, emails, and text messages designed to tick individuals into handing over personal financial data, according to data obtained by under FOI legislation
- 6 May 2020
Hackers hijack HMRC Covid-19 Job Retention Scheme
Cyber security chiefs issue warning to UK companies as hackers create sophistacted phishing email, disguised as official correspondence from HMRC's Cornavirus Job Retention Scheme
- 20 April 2020
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