A sophisticated new scam exploiting recent changes to the Winter Fuel Payment program targets British senior citizens.

New Wave of Winter Fuel Scams

Fraudsters have been spotted sending deceptive texts that claim to offer “cost of living support” or “winter heating allowances” to the elderly, attempting to capitalize on concerns over recent government cuts and rising energy costs.

The rogue texts appear to come from government sources to increase their perceived legitimacy. Recipients are di

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A Nigerian national has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbing people of their life’s savings by hacking the emails of their real estate agents and swapping bank accounts. The story offers a clear example why small firms should take cybersecurity seriously.

33-year-old Babatunde Francis Ayeni, a citizen of Nigeria living in the United Kingdom at the time of his arrest, used a sophisticated business e-mail compromise (BEC) scheme targeting real estate transactions in the United States.

SelectBlinds, a popular online retailer of blinds and shades, has disclosed a security breach that has impacted 206,238 of its customers.

Hackers successfully managed to embed malware onto the company’s website, capable of stealing sensitive information, including credit card details, names, addresses, phone numbers, and login credentials.

In breach notification documents filed in the states of California and Maine, SelectBlinds described how on September 28 2024 it discovered that malware had

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The Blink Outdoor cameras can be installed in just seconds and cost almost nothing ahead of Black Friday.

⚠️ Imagine this: the very tools you trust to protect you online—your two-factor authentication, your car’s tech system, even your security software—turned into silent allies for hackers. Sounds like a scene from a thriller, right? Yet, in 2024, this isn’t fiction; it’s the new cyber reality. Today’s attackers have become so sophisticated that they’re using our trusted tools as secret pathways,