The Charity Commission has produced a very good summary of the types of fraud and cybercrime which are particularly prevalent at the moment, and I would encourage you to review it. Entitled ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): increased risk of fraud and cybercrime against charities‘ the microsite includes resources such as: Webinar from the Charity Fraud Awareness hub […]
Author: zorvaconsulting
Zoom gets more secure
I wonder if anyone has not used Zoom recently? I suppose there must be some, but licenses went from 10 million before COVID-19 to more than 300 million now. Zoom have been playing catch up a little to make things more secure, although many of the changes have been to turn on the security settings […]
160,000 suspicious emails for SERS
In the first couple of weeks since Action Fraud launched its Suspicious Email Reporting Service (“SERS”) more than 160,000 emails have been received from the public, and 1,400 links to bogus sites have been taken down. So far, the topics have included: COVID-19 products including testing kits, face masks and even vaccines Links supposedly from […]
Holographic nano-layer catalyser
No, I didn’t make the title up from random words, though I think someone has. The BBC has reported that trading standards officers are seeking to halt sales of a device using this ‘technology’. The £339 (yes really!) 5GBioShield is being sold on the basis that it can alleviate the effects of 5G signals. It […]
Happy GDPR anniversary!
Well, does it really seem 2 years since GDPR came into effect? So much has happened, and if you are like most people I speak with, it has been difficult to keep the focus on making sure you stay compliant. Unless you have your own DPO, it’s likely that you would benefit from our data […]