Identity Theft Via Vishing
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4th May 2021 | 
3 Min. To Read
There is a telephone version of email scams or phishing as it is called and this one is vising, the art of tricking someone to reveal personal information by thieves...
Financial Services and Certified Liveness
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27th Apr 2021 | 3 Min. To Read
The financial services industry, more than any other non-governmental organisation or regulatory body, relies on the highest standards of identity verification; both to protect its customers from criminal activity, and...
NCA Warns of a Rise in Cybercrime
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20th Apr 2021 | 3 Min. To Read
Cybercrime, in the form of high-profile ransomware campaigns, have grown significantly in the last year, according to The National Crime Agency UK (NCA). The NCA says this type of online...
Beware Fake Anti-Virus Alerts
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13th Apr 2021 | 3 Min. To Read
Fake virus alerts are especially nasty forms of adware because they play on our fears and by exploiting these fears, put us at greater risk of what we were worried...
How to Bounce Back After a Gaming Hack
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6th Apr 2021 | 3 Min. To Read
If you play a popular online game, keep your wits about you because you could be fair game for fraudsters who take advantage of the fact that this cyber sector...
Beware HMRC Tax Refund Hoax
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30th Mar 2021 | 3 Min. To Read
HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) warns tax payers to stay vigilant when it comes to fake emails and phone texts claiming that you are in receipt of a refund....
Is Cyberbullying a Crime?
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23rd Mar 2021 | 3 Min. To Read
Cyberbullying has caused devastation to people’s lives and there have even been cases of teen suicide due to this form of online harassment. Unfortunately, cyberbullying is not a crime in...
Five Types of Internet Fraud
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16th Mar 2021 | 4 Min. To Read
New types of fraud are emerging all the time and it is not surprising that most of it is conducted online. Cyber criminals are able to be not seen or...
Push for UK Digital ID Checks
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9th Mar 2021 | 3 Min. To Read
Among the noise and hubbub which 2020 has brought, one positive step towards reliable online identification use has sneaked through almost unnoticed. Before the global health crisis enveloped all of...
How to Tackle Cyberbullying
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2nd Mar 2021 | 3 Min. To Read
Although the actual act of cyberbullying is not a crime there are other laws that can tackle these cruel cyberattacks that can cause mental anguish to young children and teenagers...
