Phishing

Expert shares five ways to protect your identity online

16 billion login credentials have reportedly been stolen, including ones from sites including Google and Facebook, in a record-breaking data leak.

How to protect your password from being leaked

Amazon UK

Warning issued to customers on Amazon Prime Day as scam levels explode

16 billion login credentials have reportedly been stolen, including ones from sites including Google and Facebook, in a record-breaking data leak.

16 billion login credentials stolen in record-breaking data leak

Bank of England.

Halifax and Metro Bank customers are the most at risk of phishing scams, accordi...

Ethical hacker Dr Katie Paxton-Fear. Photo: Vodafone

Video shows how easy it is for crooks to hack a business

Beware of Black Friday scams

Black Friday shoppers told to watch for ‘bogus website’ scam

Signs your phone may have been hacked. (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Silent Crime: terrifying signs your phone has been hacked

Delivery scams: 12,000 malicious sites taken down by Evri

Smishing scams targeting university students increase this time of year (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

Warning to university students, as 'smishing' scams target their loans

Hidden features you didn't know your Android phone could do. Photo: Emmi Korhonen/AFP via Getty Images

7 hidden Android phone features you need to be using

Quishing is the new scam you need to look out for.

Pub-goers warned to watch for new 'quishing' scam this summer

UK holidaymakers have been warned to be aware of four common travel scams when booking a holiday as “anything can be faked with AI”. (Photo: Shutterstock)

AI travel scams to be aware of when booking a holiday

HMRC will start paying the £299 Cost of Living Payment to families on tax credits from today

Breaking Cost of Living Payment starts today

Black Friday scams: 10 cyber-frauds to watch out for & how to spot them

10 scams to watch out for this Black Friday & Cyber Monday

Google to begin deleting inactive accounts next month - what to do

Google is looking to move to passkeys - which typically involve biometric data, including iris scans, making them more secure than 'traditional' passwords (Photo: Getty Images)

Google shifts to 'Passkey' sign-in to make passwords obsolete
Google is looking to move to passkeys - up to 40 per cent faster than paswords, which typically involve typing in a word or series of characters
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An Evri text scam has been doing the rounds over the last 12 months (image: PA)

Explainer Evri parcel delivery tracking scam: how to spot the fake messages

Google is set to delete inactive accounts

Google to delete inactive accounts - how to save your data and login

NatWest warning over new email scam that can drain bank accounts. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

NatWest warning over new email scam that can drain bank accounts

Scammers are targeting people with emails purporting to be from Companies House (image: Adobe)

Companies House email scam: what are the warning signs, how it works?

Fraudsters can get hold of your phone number by sim-swapping (image: Adobe)

Sim-swap scams explained - how to spot one and what to do about them

Five ways to protect your Twitter account from being hacked including using two-factor authentication.

Explainer Twitter hacked: how to find out if your info was leaked

Businesses have been targeted with a phishing attack from criminals purporting to be from accounting app FreshBooks (image: Adobe)

Accounting app FreshBooks hit by phishing attack - how to avoid scam

Phishing scammers are targeting the Queen’s death (image: Adobe)

How phishing works and how to keep your money safe

Which? said figures from Proofpoint show reports of smishing in the UK increased by nearly 700% in the first six months of 2021, compared to the second half of 2020 (Photo: Shutterstock)

What is smishing? Meaning explained as text message scams increase

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