Make sure you're cyber safe

Millions of people are using easy-to-guess passwords on sensitive accounts, suggests a study. 

Websites that allow people to watch free streams of the latest season of Game of Thrones contain a worrying amount of harmful malware, security researchers have found.

According to this email, which purports to be from AOL,  your account will be cancelled if you do not click a link to “switch to the new AOL OATH”. 

TSB has become the first UK bank to pledge to refund customers who fall victim to any type of fraud. 

In this month's edition, we're raising awareness of a bogus Virgin Media phishing email scam, a Civilian Aviation Authority warning over fake Makkah deals. Alongside this is also an Abta Cyber Attack, and an ongoing TV licensing scam.

A new phishing scam called the "Nasty List" is sweeping through Instagram and is targeting victim's login credentials.  

Staff Review audio in effort to help AI-powered voice assistant respond to commands. 

Dozens of criminal groups that sell stolen bank and credit card details are proliferating on Facebook, an investigation has revealed. 

Scam emails claiming to be from Virgin Media have been appearing in people's inboxes threatening for automatic disconnection. 

The travel trade organisation, Abta, says a cyber attack on its website may have affected about 43,000 people.  

Cybersecurity experts have revealed a list of the 12 most common subject lines used in phishing emails targeting businesses. 

Some of the Android apps in the Google Play store were so ineffective that they detected themselves as malware.