Cybercrime

With billions of vulnerable devices, no regulation, a huge attack surface and vast quantities of personal data, IoT checks every box on a cybercriminal's Christmas wish-list.

https://www.itproportal.com/features/evolution-of-fraud-in-the-iot-era/

Phishing continues to proliferate

http://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4295002449

A growing majority of Britons prefer shopping online to visiting a high street store, despite a widespread belief that fraud is an inevitable risk, according to new research published by payment services provider Paysafe.

https://www.cashlady.com/news/britons-see-online-fraud-as-inevitable-are-we-too-relaxed/

Each year Safer Internet Day gets bigger and bigger with 45% of young people hearing about the day in 2018.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/blog/safer-internet-day-2019-%E2%80%93-save-date-tuesday-5th-february

Superdrug has warned its online customers to change their passwords after criminals claimed to have obtained their personal details.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45265601

A lone hacker told the retailer that it had stolen user's personal information and demanded a ransom, but was it all a bluff?

https://www.computerworlduk.com/security/curious-case-of-superdrug-hack-3682719/

Retail and finance remain the top cyber-attack targets, but the second quarter also saw a spike in attacks against the manufacturing industry and an increase in remote desktop attacks

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252447206/Retail-and-finance-top-cyber-targets

Imperva security researcher urges Google Chrome users to update to the latest version after discovering a vulnerability that could be exploited to uncover private data

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252446963/Google-Chrome-flaw-puts-privacy-at-risk

Cybersecurity Challenge UK plans to scale up its events and its role in coordinating UK industry efforts to attract talented people to the cyber security profession

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252447046/Cyber-Security-Challenge-UK-to-scale-up

The charges followed a series of search warrants carried out by the City of London Police’s Cyber Crime Unit in various areas of London

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1093/two_men_charged_by_cyber_crime_unit_for_fraud_off