Returning for their 7th year, the Insurance Post's Claims Awards 2017 has shortlisted one of the brightest stars of the UK general insurance claims sector, VPS Evander, part of the leading property management specialists, the VPS Group. They are finalists in the Claims Innovation, Outsourced Partner category.
The Retreat is a charitable, not-for-profit provider of specialist mental health care in York, UK. Established over 200 years ago, it treats people with mental health problems humanely, with dignity and respect. Working closely with the NHS, the facility provides services for people with complex and challenging needs in an open and calming environment, designed to enable recovery and independence.
The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has announced a glamorous new venue and high-profile keynote speaker for this year’s Annual Luncheon, which marks the organisation’s 50th anniversary.
During the past year, Let's Encrypt has issued a total of 15,270 SSL certificates that contained the word "PayPal" in the domain name or the certificate identity.
“Of these, approximately 14,766 (96.7%) were issued for domains that hosted phishing sites, according to an analysis carried out on a small sample of 1,000 domains, by Vincent Lynch, encryption expert for The SSL Store.
His findings reveal how phishers gradually tested if they could get, deploy, and keep hold of Let's Encrypt certificates for malicious websites.
Around October and November last year, the floodgates opened, and the number of Let's Encrypt SSL certificates issued for PayPal-themed phishing sites increased in a dramatic fashion.”
The article contains useful insight and images which show a fake PayPal site vs a genuine one. Although the fake sites will usually be spotted and taken down within a couple of days, this is often enough time to do some damage.
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