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Almost a quarter of all spam emails were sent from Russia in 2021

By Sabina Weston published

News Last year's spam emails mostly centred around money and investment, Bond and Spider-Man movie premieres, and the pandemic

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UK gov criticised after £5bn in Bounce Back Loans paid to fraudsters

By Sabina Weston published

News A National Audit Office report has also branded plans to recover 0.1% of stolen funds "inadequate"

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SMBs urged to update software ahead of Black Friday

By Sabina Weston published

News NCSC identified 4,151 online shops compromised using vulnerability within e-commerce platform Magento

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HMRC issues scam warning ahead of Self Assessment deadline

By Sabina Weston published

News The department stated that 2021 has already seen 797,010 tax-related scams reported

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Ofcom report reveals alarming uptick in smishing attacks

By Sabina Weston published

News Text-based scams now more common than phone calls among young adults

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Android Trojan charges millions of victims €36 per month

By Sabina Weston published

News Up to 10 million users across 70 countries are thought to have been affected

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Smishing attacks increased 700% in first six months of 2021

By Sabina Weston published

News Which? has urged businesses to play their part to protect people from text message scams

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10 quick tips for identifying phishing emails

By Tyler Omoth last updated

Tutorials Avoid falling victim to a phishing attack with these easy tips

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Delivery scams become most common form of smishing

By Sabina Weston published

News Cyber security provider Proofpoint finds a major increase in the number of threat actors impersonating postal services

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NCSC simplifies Outlook scam-reporting tool

By Sabina Weston published

News Users are now able to report phishing emails with just one click

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