Forty-one per cent of 2,667 small business respondents surveyed by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) were victims of online crime in the 12 months ending October 2012, representing a loss of £3,926 per business on average. Link to article
Tag: cybercrime
Cybercrime costing UK billions
Soaring numbers of cyber attacks cost Britain billions of pounds a year and businesses now face a serious security breach every few days, research revealed today Link to article
Top 10 Online Scams
Top 10 Online Scams – Online scamming has these days have become more then simple crimes these days. Criminals see them as a business more than a crime committed by them. 2012 saw a tremendous increase in the scams carried by the criminals, not only the scams got increased but they also got sophisticated too. […]
UK struggling to cope with rising online fraud
Online fraud is “exponentially” rising in the UK, according to the City of London Police. Commissioner Adrian Leppard revealed that around half of the £70 billion (around $114 billion) lost to fraud in the UK each year was through online scams. Retailers have also been hit hard, with online fraud increasing 30 percent in the […]
Beware Of Airline Scams
In anticipation of the holiday season and the immense amount of travel that takes place, airlines have been warning their customers to keep an eye out for fraudulent emails that appear to be from them. Cybercriminals are using this heavy travel season as yet another opportunity to infect the public with dangerous viruses. Link to […]