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 2020Cadbury cyber scam offering ‘free chocolate hampers’ in exchange for bank details on Facebook
Online scam from cyber criminals attempts to lure chocolate-loving consumers into handling over personal data in exchange for a 'free chocolate hamper' containing Cadbury confectionary
- 9 November 2020Hackers impersonate M&S CEO Steve Rowe in £35 'free gift voucher' scam
Steve Rowe, CEO of Marks and Spencer impersonated by cyber criminals in sophisticated phishing scam, offering shoppers £35 gift vouchers via Facebook adverts
- 21 October 2020HMRC hit with 5,000 malicious email attacks every day
New research into online attacks reveal over 1,000 phishing emails amongst the estimated 5,000 spam and malware assaults launched against HMRC's systems every single month
- 5 October 2020Cloud adoption saves half of UK businesses from Covid-19 collapse
Research from Centrify reveals that around half of UK companies are shifting to a cloud computing-based model in order to make savings and improve efficiencies during the Coronavirus outbreak
- 24 September 202040% of businesses have sacked staff due to a breach of company security policy since the start of Covid-19
Cyber research from Centrify reveals companies have come down hard on employees who have put the security of their company at risk during the Covid-19 outbreak
- 18 August 2020Asda phishing scam targets women with ‘£1,000 gift card offer’ via Facebook
Cyber security guru Andy Heather of Centrify issues warning over new Asda phishing scam desgined to steal data of customers
- 14 August 2020TV Licence SMS scam sweeps the UK
Consumer warning as ‘Free one-year TV Licence’ SMS scam targets elederly people in an effort to steal data
- 3 August 2020Tesco shoppers hit with 'free 4K TV' email phishing scam
Cyber criminals create fake Tesco Facebook page, offering free damaged televisions to unsuepecting customers in an effort to steal the names, addresses and bank details of victims
- 20 July 2020Centrify announces Flint Brenton as CEO
Leading provider of Identity-Centric Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions, Centrify, has appointed Flint Brenton as Chief Executive Officer
- 17 July 2020Half of companies confess to poor quality cyber security policies for Covid-19 remote-working
New research from cyber security experts at Centrify reveals insight into businesses’ preparation, policies and approaches to 100 per cent remote working during the Coronavirus outbreak
- 25 June 2020EasyJet 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 2020Covid-19: 70% of UK businesses implement multi-factor authentication to secure remote workers
Centrify study of 200 senior business decision-makers in large and medium sized companies reveals that mult-factor authentication is increasingly popular during Covid-19
- 6 May 2020Cyber chiefs warn that Covid-19 remote working 'increasing risk' of breaches
Remote working during the Covid-19 outbreak is set to put thousands of businesses at risk of a potential cyber attack or data breach, according to research conducted by Centrify
- 7 April 2020Remote working has increased risk of a cyber breach, say over 70% of UK businesses
Research from Centrify has revealed that over three quarters of UK companies believe the risk of a cyber increase is much higher due to remote working during the Covid-19 crisis
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