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Bristol City Council run phishing attacks against own staff
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Colleagues are being targeted by spoof ‘spam’ emails that link to cyber security training

Criminals building a cyber extortion 'micro-economy'
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Sophisticated groups feed a cyber crime supply chain by selling corporate documents and IP to novice extortionists

‘London Blue’ hacking gang launch campaign against CFOs
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Hit list of 50,000 financial leaders primed for wave of business email compromise (BEC) attacks

Duo unravels three-tiered ‘crypto-giveaway’ botnet
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Researchers used a machine learning model to weed through 88 million Twitter accounts for bots and spammers

How Russia hacked the 2016 election
By Adam Shepherd published
In-depth A timeline of how 12 hackers allegedly corrupted the world's most powerful democracy
US indicts 12 Russian agents over DNC hack
By Adam Shepherd published
News 12 Russian intelligence operatives have been formally accused by the DoJ
HMRC takes down record number of malicious websites
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Deploying new technology has also led to a dramatic reduction in the number of fake texts, according to figures
Hackers love the UK, but not for the reason you think
By Adam Shepherd published
News Ex-Met cyber specialist explains why the UK is such a popular destination for cyber criminals
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