Cybercrime

The mastermind behind a fraud subscription site used by criminals to con victims out of more than £100 million has been jailed for more than 13 years.

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-05-19/man-behind-multi-million-pound-fraud-site-ispoof-jailed-for-13-years

Andrew Herring tells HRNews about some of the ‘red flag’ behaviours by employees which may indicate insider fraud.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/en-gb/out-law/news/management-perpetrating-a-quarter-of-uk-fraud-cases-survey-shows

Owners and operators of critical national infrastructure (CNI) in the UK have been urged to review their approach to cyber risk management following a warning about the threat state-aligned cyber criminals pose to their organisations.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/en-gb/out-law/news/unprecedented-warning-cyber-threat-uk-cni

Report from the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative (ECCRI) gives new insights into the role of cyber criminals and political hacktivists in a conflict, and critical questions around industry support to Ukraine's cyber resilience.

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/new-analysis-eccri-highlights-ukraine-defence-against-russian-offensive

Police are encouraging people to improve their cyber security following a spate of hackings of old email accounts.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/warning-as-old-email-accounts-with-weak-security-hacked-by-cyber-criminals/

More than £3.9 billion has been stolen from people in the UK by scammers in the last 12 months.

https://www.digit.fyi/report-state-of-cyber-crime-in-q1-2023/#.ZEZVMRFwEvk.twitter

A man responsible for running a multi-million-pound fraud website has pleaded guilty in the UK’s largest ever fraud investigation led by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/man-pleads-guilty-to-running-multi-million-pound-criminal-website-following-largest-ever-mps-fraud-investigation/

Crypto Phishing has become a common day scenario making it a shortcut to becoming rich. Evidently, phishing is one of the primary ways for hackers and scammers to make money.

https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2023/04/15/crypto-phishing-rate-rose-by-40-in-2022-kaspersky/

A criminal online marketplace selling millions of sets of stolen personal information for as little as 56p per entry has been taken down in an international crackdown.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/police-sting-smashes-fraud-marketplace-120020011.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ7FTjLqqK7cOphBzOyoAjMCkHBgrJ7J34U_EVklZAA9nFuD9xdcehCXtTQ9kVIX4WYaZnq67L8kMFvHHXxWq8oIxxooPt27SJFBF5fd8bGGbpjS6eJvc4jfHlXod_rWs4i2o0C7rJXW9DcxFJ9qbfJR6huHI6RClE4yfWfu7on3

SKY is warning customers over a dangerous type of phone call you must ignore.

These "vishing" calls are designed to hijack your bank accounts and credit cards.