Security news

Keep up to date with the growing number of ways fraudsters may try to compromise accounts or steal your information.

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TV and radio presenter Helen Skelton has revealed that she was scammed out of her savings after falling victim to fraudsters over the phone.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/helen-skelton-reveals-that-she

How to secure your bank account?

Banks and retailers are always introducing new security and encryption to help you protect your account access.

Read more: https://www.which.co.uk/news/2022/01/banking-security-put-to-the-test-could-your-bank-be-doing-more-to-stop-fraud/

Phishing scams targeting Mac users on the rise with 1.6 million attacks in 2019. Apple is the most “phished” brand.

Read more: https://macsecurity.net/view/365-apple-is-the-most-mimicked-brand-in-phishing-scams

But Android accounts for more phishing attacks.

Phishing attacks have dramatically increased since Covid, with more people working from home and more services switched online. Phishing attacks accounted for 22% of data breaches in the past year.

https://www.scmagazineuk.com/mac-users-increasingly-risk-phishing-attacks/article/1596835