There’s always been something a bit mysterious about cryptocurrency – maybe it’s down to a lack of understanding about how it works, or maybe it’s a lack of understanding about why it’s needed.
But has lockdown changed our perceptions? And is cryptocurrency now mainstream?
We’re living in an age where half-truths matter more than people’s lives. From the NHS £350 million a week bonus being writ large on the side of a bus to the latest disinformation on Covid-19 vaccines, the truth appears to be an abject concept only there to be manipulated to fit your own narrative.
Bleak time indeed. Even more so when you consider that that individual fake news stories were more likely to be shared on Facebook than stories from mainstream news organisations.
Becoming the victim of online fraud or a cyber attack is the last thing any business owner needs, not least in the middle of a global crisis that has taken its toll both personally and professionally.
But that’s exactly what’s happened, as a new study has found that nearly half (41%) of UK business owners say the level of cyber threats their business faces has increased since the pandemic.
The findings also give us an insight into the common types of cyber attack that you should look out for as we move through 2021.
Nothing could have prepared us for 2020 – a year that demanded a swift and dramatic restructure of corporate operations in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Remote workforces were created…
One-in-five of us has been targeted by a financial scam via our phones every week for the past two years.
That’s the figure revealed in a recent study from Equifax, the credit reference agency. Here are more staggering scam statistics revealed by the study…
If you use online banking, whether in a personal or professional capacity, you need to be aware of the threat posed by hackers.
Although security measures within the financial sector have evolved dramatically in recent years, hackers are responding to the challenge with ever more devious ways to separate you from your hard-earned cash. As we reported last week, hackers currently have a sophisticated banking scam on the go whereby taking an initial amount from your account is just the pretext to an even greater attack.
With this in mind, here are the top five biggest cyber security threats of 2020.
Here at ConferenceCall.co.uk, we like to keep you updated with the latest cyber security tips and let you know if there are any scams you should be aware of. Although we’re a free conference call provider, we want our customers to stay safe online at all times.
We’ve just been made aware of a very sophisticated and pretty worrying bank scam that works in two stages to effectively do you out of money twice. Here’s all you need to know.
If you’ve considered investing in stocks and shares over the last decade, the chances are that you’ve at least flirted with the idea of Bitcoin. But what exactly is Bitcoin? Is it safe? And is now the time to invest?
Phishing scams are nothing new, but that doesn’t mean they should be taken for granted. It’s not necessarily the complexity of the scam that will catch you out, it could be the timing of it.
Here’s how I was caught out by the latest phishing scam.
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted business of all sizes, in all sectors, across all nations, but while some have managed to pivot their business to make the best of a bad situation, others are facing an existential crisis that few, if any, saw coming.
And it seems one sector is thriving more than others, as digital banks have used the conditions created by coronavirus to as an opportunity to increase industry security and enhance user experience.
Is the global pandemic helping to ensure that banks are less susceptible to malware viruses and, in turn, helping to make them coronavirus proof?