City of London Police warn over fraudsters faking university orders

Companies supplying universities have been warned that fraudsters are faking domain names of educational institutions to defraud victims out of vast sums of money. According to Action Fraud, this type of fraud, known as European distribution fraud, happens when a company from overseas (usually from Europe) delivers products to the UK, but isn’t paid for the […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 19th July 2018
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Just a third of Brit cops are equipped to fight crime that is ‘cyber’

Just one in three police forces in the UK are able to tackle cybercrime such as DDoS, malware attacks and online fraud, a Home Affairs Committee heard today. Read full story.

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 5th June 2018
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Email Insecurity

This time of year, there is an upsurge in phishing and other malicious emails for us to contend with. From phony delivery notices to hoax PayPal problem emails, our inboxes are awash with attempts to invade, defraud and otherwise cause us chaos or loss. So the news that people are not taking the threat from email seriously after […]

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 25th November 2015
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