Phishing

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

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

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?
The cost of living crisis has led to multiple examples of criminals attempting to separate people from their hard-earned money
Henry Sandercock

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