Working together is one of the best ways to beat the threat actors. Europol has had another success in closing down a phishing gang, arresting suspects and seizing assets: Phishing gang behind several million euros worth of losses busted in Belgium and the Netherlands | Europol (europa.eu) Phishing and social …
Beware of fake NHS Covid text messages
There is a widespread text phishing campaign in progress at this very moment. You may get a text that looks like it comes from the NHS, telling you you have been in close contact with someone who is positive for Covid and that you should get a test kit to …
Good news – Android FluBot malware stopped by Europol
International co-operation between law enforcement agencies in eleven countries has put a stop to FluBot mobile malware which was spreading rapidly rapidly by text messaging between Android devices. This malware was stealing sensitive data such as passwords and banking information from infected Android devices around the world. The complex investigation …
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Over at Octagon Technology – In the wild right now a phishing text message scam caught by one of the team
Martin, the Operations manager at Octagon has written about a social engineering, phishing scam that was sent to him by a text message. Omicron Scam – Octagon Technology Have a look – you could get the same message! I also write for the Octagon blog (of course). Earlier in the …
NCSC expands it anti-scam services to protect the UK
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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Word of the day = Smishing
“Smishing” is similar to phishing but instead of using email the cyber criminals tempt you with a text message. Still targeting the usual suspects of your personal information and money. This report on scams and attacks being distributed using sms text messaging is US centric – but what happens over …
Scam COVID text messages
This report is from Cornwall, but the nature of these things it could be anywhere in the country. Cornwall Council warns of Covid scam text messages – BBC News So be careful if you get a NHS Test and Trace text from a phone number – don’t click on any …