Getting Hacked; Emails and more. Why its not a question of if but more about when?

Cyber Synapse Podcast

Today Im joined by Jeri a cybercrime analyst at the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, so a person who really knows whats happening to the general public in terms of Cybercrimes, so not a case of Cath telling you and perhaps you thinking yeah right Cath... this is Action Fraud reports about the scale of the issue, from the people themselves and as you'll hear not all cases are reported...This applies to singular users of cyberspace or a business.

Why do you need to know about cybercrime? Why should you care? What can happen? and is it true that you're more likely to be a victim of cybercrime than burglary?

Technology is now, well it always has but more-so now providing a larger arena to exploit, harass and menace users and in some cases destroy lives.

There are some real highlights in terms of explaining what kinds of 'attacks' are happening and how this will impact a persons business or life.

Theres a really important section in here about why our email systems are the 'hub' of our cybersecurity focus and why I suggest in particular that my profession and those who deal with sensitive categories of data (ie very personal information about their customers) really needs to do more to protect themselves, their devices and their clients because the current level of knowledge around these issues is akin to ostrich/bury your head in the sand syndrome (which is not a real diagnosis by the way) and this is putting people at risk. Of what? Listen to this episode and the next one to get a glimpse into the worlds of what can happen.

Sensationalist? Not at all; We're only scratching the surface here in this episode and both Jeri and I know just how deep this rabbit hole goes and we would like for the public to prick up their ears to the information contained herein.

For more information please listen to episodes from Season 1 and for the Action fraud Website goto: https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/

Next episode is all about what to do when these things happen.... and how you can help yourself so stay tuned!