{"id":1913,"date":"2024-07-20T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T08:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nebrcentre.co.uk\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2024-07-20T08:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T08:22:00","slug":"social-engineering-warning-for-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/social-engineering-warning-for-smes\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Engineering Warning for SME&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UK government\u2019s\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2024\/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cyber Security Breaches\u202f<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Survey<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2022\/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u202f2024<\/a>\u202fhas revealed that\u202f50% of small firms and 70% percent of medium-sized businesses suffered a\u202fcyber-attack\u202fin the past year.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These businesses are being\u202fwarned\u202fto watch out for scammers\u202fwho are targeting restaurants\u202fand local businesses through social engineering, which gives criminals access to sensitive data and customer information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social engineering is where\u202fcyber\u202fcriminals use tried and tested psychological techniques to trick people into taking an action, they ramp up the pressure and urgency to act now, pretending to be authority figures. Online attacks consist of phishing emails,\u202finfected ads, or applications that download malware onto a victim\u2019s computer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Being a small business doesn\u2019t protect you from scammers or online criminals, as any organisation can be targeted.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To stay safe,\u202fbe wary of tempting offers from strangers, don\u2019t open phishing emails from suspicious sources, and keep your antivirus updated\u202f\u2013\u202fafter all, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The NEBRC is a not-for-profit\u202forganisation established to support and educate businesses across the UK on cyber security and online crime.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you would further advice on protecting yourself and your business against\u202fmalware and baiting attempts, contact our team at\u202f<a href=\"mailto:enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk<\/a> or sign up to our <a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/core-membership-sign-up\/\">free core membership <\/a>to keep up to date with the latest cyber security matters and keep your business safe online.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK government\u2019s\u202fCyber Security Breaches\u202fSurvey\u202f2024\u202fhas revealed that\u202f50% of small firms and 70% percent of medium-sized businesses suffered a\u202fcyber-attack\u202fin the past year.\u202f&nbsp; These businesses are being\u202fwarned\u202fto&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}