Online Bank Fraud Is Up 40% In The UK

In 2019 in the UK nearly 100k people were scammed and online fraud is increasing and the criminals are using sophisticated hacking methods to access your financial information and passwords.

The amount of money stolen by criminals through bank transfer scams has risen by 40% in a year and is running at more than £1m a day, according to official UK dataScammers stole £616m from UK bank customers during the first six months of 2019.

The finance industry prevented £820 millions of unauthorised fraud in the first half of 2019, up 14 per cent on the previous year, according to the latest figures from UK Finance. This is equivalent to £2 in every £3 of attempted unauthorised fraud being stopped, or £4.5 millions of fraud being prevented a day. UK Finance said it had also seen an increase in criminals deploying “digital skimmers” to steal card data from online shoppers.

This typically involves malicious code being added to a retailer’s website, which steals sensitive information including card details at the checkout stage. These stolen details are then used to buy items online.

Look Out For

Phishing scams will often ask you to make an urgent payment, or ask for personal information, or even says you have received a lottery win which you didn’t enter or a tax refund, but the senders address probably does not match the website address. Someone you have not met emails you and says they are in love with you or they are a distant relative who needs health care and then asks for money.

These online crimes are aimed to get control of your bank or credit card details and then steal all your money from you. Before you respond to such emails and texts, take a moment to consider what you are being asked for and if this makes sense.

Action Fraud:      Guardian:          UK Finance

You Might Also Read:

The Growing Cost Of Cyber Crime:

NCSC Stopped One Million Criminal Frauds:

 

 

« AI Satellite Image Analysis Will Be Regulated
The Cyber Security Employment Outlook In 2020 »

CyberSecurity Jobsite
Perimeter 81

Directory of Suppliers

Syxsense

Syxsense

Syxsense brings together endpoint management and security for greater efficiency and collaboration between IT management and security teams.

CYRIN

CYRIN

CYRIN® Cyber Range. Real Tools, Real Attacks, Real Scenarios. See why leading educational institutions and companies in the U.S. have begun to adopt the CYRIN® system.

Jooble

Jooble

Jooble is a job search aggregator operating in 71 countries worldwide. We simplify the job search process by displaying active job ads from major job boards and career sites across the internet.

Authentic8

Authentic8

Authentic8 transforms how organizations secure and control the use of the web with Silo, its patented cloud browser.

Practice Labs

Practice Labs

Practice Labs is an IT competency hub, where live-lab environments give access to real equipment for hands-on practice of essential cybersecurity skills.

Galaxkey

Galaxkey

Galaxkey is a data protection product that protects email, documents and any data using access control and an encryption platform.

GrammaTech

GrammaTech

GrammaTech is a leading developer of software-assurance tools and advanced cyber-security solutions.

Karamba Security

Karamba Security

Karamba provide an IoT Security solution for ECUs in automobiles which ensures that all cars are protected (not just autonomous cars).

FedRAMP

FedRAMP

FedRAMP, is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services.

Indeed

Indeed

Indeed is a worldwide employment-related search engine for job listings covering job types in all industries, including cybersecurity.

iHLS Startups Accelerator

iHLS Startups Accelerator

iHLS Accelerator is the first startup accelerator in the world in the security and homeland security field.

Cloudrise

Cloudrise

Cloudrise are elevating cloud security, data protection, and privacy through assessment, technology enablement, and process automation.

Netsurion

Netsurion

Netsurion powers secure and agile networks for highly distributed and small-to-medium enterprises and the IT providers that serve them.

Kinetic Investments

Kinetic Investments

Kinetic Investments is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage companies that are transforming the digital landscape.

Analygence

Analygence

ANALYGENCE is your trusted partner for mission support, cyber solutions, and management services.

Cymune

Cymune

At Cymune we help businesses to fight against cybercrime, protect patented data and diminish security risks.

Interactive

Interactive

Interactive are a leading Australian IT service provider with services in Cloud, Cyber Security, Data Centres, Business Continuity, Hardware Maintenance, Digital Workplace, and Networks.

Rootly

Rootly

Rootly is an incident management platform on Slack that helps automate manual admin work during incidents.

QFunction

QFunction

QFunction works within your existing security stack to detect anomalies and threats within your data.

NinjaOne

NinjaOne

The NinjaOne Platform was built to help IT and MSP teams efficiently manage, patch, and support all endpoints.

Redinent Innovations

Redinent Innovations

Redinent is a cutting-edge IoT Security platform that offers precise security posture analysis and delivers actionable intelligence, empowering businesses to operate with unrivaled resilience.