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Over £1bn lost by businesses to online crime in a year
June 13th 2016 With online crime becoming an increasing threat for businesses, new figures from Get Safe Online and Action Fraud (1) released today show that from March 2015 – March 2016, a huge total of £1,079,447,765 was...
12 June 2016
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#RedCardtoCrime tackles online ticket fraud
June 8th 2016 With only two days to go until the opening ceremony of the UEFA EURO 2016 finals, the City of London Police is launching a campaign called #RedCardtoCrime to tackle online ticketing fraud, anti-social behaviour and the sale of...
8 June 2016
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Fake ‘WhatsApp Gold’ link results in malware
May 25th 2016 WhatsApp users are being tricked by fraudsters into downloading a fake version of WhatsApp, which infects Android devices with malware. For information and advice on protecting your mobile device from malware, click here. The...
25 May 2016
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Millions of LinkedIn passwords and email addresses for sale
May 18th 2016 Over 100 million LinkedIn users could find their email addresses and passwords for sale online, following a breach of the professional networking site’s data four years ago. The site is investigating. A hacker known as...
18 May 2016
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Phishing emails becoming more sophisticated
April 28th 2016 Online fraudsters are continually thinking of more convincing ways to part us from our money, our identity ... or both. For information and advice on spam and scam email, click here. Take phishing emails, for example. The...
28 April 2016
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