What Happened this Week?
I'm using this post to cover off some of the points I discussed on LinkedIn over the past couple of weeks. I hope this is a chance for you to catch up on them, if you missed them on LinkedIn…
I'm using this post to cover off some of the points I discussed on LinkedIn over the past couple of weeks. I hope this is a chance for you to catch up on them, if you missed them on LinkedIn…
We learned recently that more than half a million pieces of confidential patient data and medical correspondence had been mislaid by the NHS and mistakenly stored in a warehouse for five years. Apart from the potentially life threatening nature of this…
Some scammer has gone to a goodly amount of trouble and time crafting this scam - supposedly from Paypal. Here is an image of the main body text. You can see that they've used my actual email address, plus all…
Congratulations, you’ve finally got there. After years of hard work, diligence and commitment, you are now a manager, and have a team of people reporting to you. It’s a great feeling to reach this position and a recognition of just how…
Here is an email I received, supposedly from Amazon...but not! Not a particularly sophisticated scam - not my email address, but potentially quite tempting to the unwary. Stay Vigilant [ssf id=67066748]
On Page 33 of the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2016 is a telling paragraph; Implementation of the international standard for Information Security Management, ISO 27001, is also relatively uncommon. Among those who are aware of this standard, a quarter (26%)…
Halifax Letter Scam? Here is a relatively sophisticated (and relatively expensive) scam letter we received recently. Addressed to an actual person and looking genuine, at first viewing, it took us a while to appreciate that it really is a likely…
Barclays Bank Scam Email Here is an email I received recently - scarily telling me that some of my recent transactions on my Barclays account have been 'revoked'. Oh dear. Still it is clearly a scam email. It has many…
Paypal Scam This is clever, as it has really taken on the tone and style (look, feel and language) that Paypal uses in its emails and general correspondence. It also appeals to our general desire to provide help to those…