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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

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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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