Just over a fifth (22%) of 18 to 34-year-olds said they had been the victim of financial fraud at least once, compared with 12% of people aged 35 to 54 and around one in 10 over-55s. The survey of 4,000 people across the UK in September was carried out for online bank Marcus by Goldman Sachs. Despite the findings, more than half (55%) of 18 to 34-year-olds would consider themselves too technologically savvy to be scammed. However, one in five (21%) 18 to 34-year-olds said they struggle to think clearly when put under pressure during a cold call and nearly…
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Following the recent Microsoft Digital Defence Report – Nation-state cyberattacks become more brazen as authoritarian leaders ramp up aggression – Microsoft On the Issues
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update has been released and with it comes fixes for six actively exploited Zero Days, and a total of 68 flaws.
It has been reported that Medibank Private Ltd, Australia’s biggest health insurer, on Monday said no ransom payment will be made to the criminal responsible for a recent data theft, wherein around 9.7 million current and former customers’ data was compromised. Highlighting findings of the firm’s investigation to date, Medibank confirmed that name, date of birth, address, phone number, and email addresses for around 9.7 million current and former customers were accessed in the data theft.
As reported by BBC News, in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, some users have been seeking alternative platforms. One of the biggest beneficiaries has been Mastodon. The social network says it now has over 655,000 users – with over 230,000 having joined in the last week. The platform is six years old but its current activity is unprecedented and it is struggling under the weight of new joiners.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has begun scanning all Internet-exposed devices hosted in the UK for vulnerabilities. As described on the NCSC Scanning information site: As part of the NCSC’s mission to make the UK the safest place to live and do business online, we are building a data-driven view of “the vulnerability of the UK”. This directly supports the UK Government Cyber Security Strategy relating to Understanding UK Cyber risk (Objective 1) . This will help us to:
It has been reported that security researchers are warning of a new phishing campaign that abuses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Voice to trick recipients into handing over their credentials. Dynamics 365 Customer Voice is a “feedback management” tool from Microsoft designed to make it easier for companies to collect, analyse and track in real time customers’ perception of their products and services. One feature allows customers to interact and leave feedback via the phone.
Microsoft has shared insights from its Digital Defence Report and it shows that there has been a 74% increase in password attacks, increasing to approximately 921 attacks per second.
It has been reported that Mondelez International has settled its lawsuit against Zurich American Insurance Company, which it brought because the insurer refused to cover the snack giant’s $100-million-plus clean-up bill following the 2017 NotPetya outbreak.
ccording to Lancs Live, a mum says she has been left on the breadline after fraudsters hacked her bank account and stole hundreds of pounds to buy PlayStation games as she slept. She says she only realised what had happened when her husband heard the notifications pinging through to her phone of the purchases, all of which were to ‘PlayStation Network London’. She alerted her bank and PlayStation as well as reporting the matter to police and Action Fraud. However, she claims her bank, which is the community banking division of Contis, told her that her fraud claim was not…