Make sure you're cyber safe

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. 

Action Fraud are warning people of an ongoing TV licensing phishing campaign. 

Hackers have used ransomware to encrypt files at a school, causing it to lose some students' GCSE work. 

Windows 7 users are at risk from a "serious" bug that could let malicious hackers take over their computer, Google has warned. 

They could also be banned from operating in the UK if they fail to act.