BullGuard Blog

Hacking groups are exploiting Russia's invasion of Ukraine to carry out cyberattacks designed to steal login credentials, sensitive information, money and more.

An overwrought phishing email claiming to be from Tesco offering a free refund is circulating. It says you are due compensation from Tesco ‘because of a system error’ further claims that you made a complaint in-store that ‘something was wrong with a purchased item’ and because of a ‘system error’ you were stopped from receiving a refund.

A 17-year old teenager, living with his mother near UK city Oxford, is believed to be the mastermind of a notorious hacker gang, Lapsus$. He can’t be named because he’s a minor and it’s illegal to identify him.

A recent Office for National Statistics (ONS) report reveals that an estimated 5.1 million fraud offences were committed in England and Wales in the year to September 2022, up 36% in two years. In fact, fraud now accounts for 40% of all crimes recorded.