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GUIDANCE

Scam emails: How to spot them and supporting guidance

Cyber criminals are well aware of current affairs, the day to day events which have a bearing and impact on our daily lives, and they will seek different ways to exploit topical events in an effort to make their phishing attempts more convincing – so we have to remain vigilant as they will continue their scamming efforts in 2023.
Phishing emails will appear as being genuine and the scammers will either include a nefarious link that will download a malware to your computer, or direct you to a fake website asking for bank details or other personal information.

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ALERT

State Sponsored Spear-Phishing Campaign Alert

Our colleagues at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the UK’s technical authority on cyber security, have issued an advisory highlighting the activities of the Russia-based SEABORGIUM and Iran-based TA453.
These state sponsored threat actors continue to successfully use spear-phishing attacks against targeted organisations and individuals in the UK, and other areas of interest, for information gathering activity.
Although there is similarity in the tactics techniques, procedures and targeting profiles, these campaigns are separate and the two groups are not collaborating.

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GUIDANCE

Cyber Scammers are preparing…to get the most out of you this Christmas!

We are fast approaching the time of year when we will begin to receive emails from online stores and other retailers advertising deals for all sorts of products. This mainly due in part because we have ‘opted to receive notifications’ from them.
However, in amongst this influx of genuine emails, there will most likely be the scam emails, the fake ones, sent out in huge numbers by cyber criminals wanting to scam us.

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