Sunday, 21 December 2025

LONDON: The number of people targeted by romance fraud scams has nearly doubled in the last year, according to new data from email security company, Tessian.

The new research shows that 32 per cent of people in the UK and US have received a romance fraud scam in the last 12 months - a huge increase from the 18 per cent of people Tessian surveyed in February 2021.

In the UK alone, 14 per cent of respondents said they had been targeted by romance scammers over the last 12 months, up from 8 per cent the year before.

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With recruitment costs at around 20-30% of final salary, finding and onboarding the right people for 

your business is costly, so retaining those new employees is critical. Failing to provide new joiners 

with the right kit and access to the systems they need not only impacts their productivity, but also 

their perception of your organisation. Organisations with a strong, standard onboarding process experience 50% greater new hire retention. 

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The innovative European company serves more than 7,000 partners with leading-edge solutions enabling security, agility and manageability in Hybrid IT and unified communications.

Woking, UK: The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) has announced today the addition of the Nuvias Group to its membership, furthering its mission to drive channel success and strengthen the value of technology distribution.

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Survey shows discrepancies as C-suites are confident in their cyber defences, but 22% don’t have incidence response plans in place

LONDON: Adarma has released research findings from a nationwide ransomware study of 500 C-level executives at UK businesses with over 2,000 employees, aiming to investigate how organisations perceive today’s threats and how prepared they are to respond. The survey discovered a major disconnect in the way organisations think and act in the face of ransomware.

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  1. Westcon-Comstor appoints Patrick Aronson as Chief Marketing Officer
  2. AdaptiveMobile Security Discloses New Research on Mobile Network-Enabled Attacks in Hybrid Warfare
  3. IOPC REPORT ON CHARING CROSS POLICE STATION SPARKS GROANS OF DESPAIR ACROSS LONDON AND WITHIN THE FORCES
  4. ConnectWise forms four innovation Business Units
  5. Safer Internet Day: protecting the youngsters’ privacy
  6. Working from home increases ‘digital anxiety’
  7. Bear Grylls joins Royal Marines on Arctic exercises
  8. IPification Partners with Cyta, the Largest Mobile Operator in Cyprus
  9. Nozomi Networks Labs Report: Ransomware Gangs and Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Highlight Risks as Law Enforcement Fights Back
  10. You’ve got backup – but how safe are you?
  11. Kiteworks Makes Key Hires Including Andreas Deliandreadis as Vice President of Sales, EMEA
  12. 96% of business leaders confident in defences despite almost 60% falling victim to ransomware
  13. Aqua Security CNAPP is first to combine frictionless cloud workload visibility with active protection across the application lifecycle
  14. Cybersecurity Specialist HelpSystems Launches New Global Channel Programme to Expand and Strengthen its Partner Community
  15. Licensing SAVI supports Government measures for some public places to be prepared for terrorist attacks



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