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Austin Energy warns of scammers soliciting payments in the wake of mass power outages
By Rene Millman published
News Criminals threaten to disconnect power unless the customer makes a payment

Hackers turn to 'silent stealing' in bid to exploit home workers
By Sabina Weston published
News Cyber criminals are abandoning large-scale heists in favour of scams that earn them significantly smaller amounts of money

Nokia partners with Hiya to stop spam calls
By Rene Millman published
News Machine learning could end the barrage aggravating fraudulent and spam phone calls

Trend Micro insider sells customer data to scammers
By Adam Shepherd published
News Scammers used stolen data to make fraudulent phishing calls

Neighbourhood Watch and Avast to tackle cyber crime
By Erin Paulson published
News Growing concern over cyber crime launches new Cyberhood Watch with Avast

Businesses stung by convincing Office 365 voicemail scam
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News This latest wave of phishing attacks incorporates real audio recordings to create a sense of urgency

Windows RDP servers peddled to anyone with pocket change
By Connor Jones published
News The latest black market report shows the low price of devastating cyber tools

Hackers exploiting social engineering 'toolkits'
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Victims are being asked to download malware through visually compelling fake update prompts
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