Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here is some excellent advice, from Matt Burgess, over on Wired UK, about Instagram scams: How to Avoid the Worst Instagram Scams | WIRED UK One of the best bits of advice to remember is that threat actors and scammers quickly congregate to any big story or human tragedy, such …
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Phishing campaigns usually depend on social engineering and threat actors are always looking for new ways to exploit your trust: Phishing scam adds a ‘chatbot-like’ twist to steal credit card information and more – The Record by Recorded Future
Thus is a good thing. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) not only thinks about national and business cyber security but they are actively involved in improving the cyber security of every citizen: NCSC significantly expands services to protect UK from… – NCSC.GOV.UK Here is the link to the NCSC’s …
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These are two very different stories but both basically spin around the same idea – on the internet it is easy to pretend to be something you are not: Huge rise in LinkedIn bogus boss scams – Warwickshire Police – BBC News Ukraine war: Investigation finds hundreds of fake charity …
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This is a constant problem – scammers contacting people, usually by phone, offering a service or stating that the victim’s computer is infected by a virus, often claiming to be from Microsoft. Once the scammer establishes “trust” they then offer to remote into or screen share to the victim’s computer, …
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Nothing complicated about this – a simple scam, abusing people’s trust to net $3m. Send a message, pretend to be someone you are not, provide a malicious link and promise the victim something “free”. Crooks steal NFTs ‘worth $3m’ in Bored Ape Yacht Club heist • The Register It could …
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Scammers are preying on the most vulnerable with texts, phone calls and emails: Council tax rebate: Warning issued over new scam pretending to offer £150 – BBC News
