News | 16 October 2026

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026: Are your staff using AI safely?

Our third topic of Cybersecurity Awareness Month revisits the growing use of AI in everyday work and focuses on the risks of staff using AI in the workplace.

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Promotional graphic for Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 featuring a stylised AI microchip illustration and the text: "WARNING: AI IN THE WORKPLACE - Understanding the risks". The Veritau logo appears at the bottom alongside the website address www.veritau.co.uk and the hashtag #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth2026. Image support Veritau's titled 'Are your staff using AI safely?

News | 9 October 2026

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026: Device code phishing

Throughout October, we're sharing cybersecurity awareness articles. Our second topic of the month is device code phishing, a tactic that targets login processes and authentication steps to trick users into granting access to their accounts or systems.

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Veritau Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 graphic warning about device code phishing. The image features a laptop displaying an authentication code sign-in screen and the message 'A code isn't always safe – Stay protected from device code phishing'

News | 28 September 2026

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026: AI-Powered Cyber Attacks

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 runs throughout October, and at Veritau we’re using the month to highlight practical ways everyone can stay secure in an increasingly digital world.

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Graphic promoting Cybersecurity Awareness Month with the message ‘Stay secure this Cybersecurity Awareness Month’. The design features a laptop showing a two‑factor authentication screen, a yellow ‘Warning’ sign, a smartphone displaying a QR code labelled ‘Scam Here’, and an AI chip icon. Background includes padlock symbols and Veritau branding with the website and hashtag #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth2026

News | 7 October 2025

Don’t get hooked. Stay ahead of phishing scams this Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’re taking the opportunity to remind everyone about the importance of good cyber security practices and the need to remain vigilant to phishing attempts.

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A navy background with a triangle tessellation. An email icon hanging from a fishing rod hook. The image promotes Veritau's 'Don't get hooked' Cybersecurity Awareness Month campaign

News | 21 October 2024

Don’t go phishing this is Cybersecurity Awareness Month!

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024 runs throughout October and at Veritau, we’re raising awareness of cybercrime and cybersecurity issues affecting the public sector.

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Protecting against cybercrime this Cybersecurity Awareness Month

News | 2 October 2023

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 runs throughout October and at Veritau, we’re raising awareness of cybercrime and cybersecurity issues affecting the public sector.

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Protecting against cybercrime this Cybersecurity Awareness Month

News | 1 October 2022

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022

View the mandate fraud infographic, try our Wordle-style activity and find out how you can help prevent cybercrime.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022 Veritau - Wordle-style activity with 5 clues to words about cyber security.

News | 28 October 2021

Falsified documents (Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Week 4)

This is the final week, and we’re focusing on falsified documents. These can arrive in many forms, but increasingly false documents are being...

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month WEEK 4: Falsified documents. How many errors can you spot in the false invoice? Our fraud team has investigated many cases of Covid-19 grant fraud since the start of the pandemic. Many of these involve false claims for businesses that don’t really exist.

News | 18 October 2021

Suspicious emails (Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Week 3)

Most people are familiar with terms like phishing, where a cybercriminal ‘hooks’ you in via email, text or phone asking for money or information.

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Suspicious emails - Cybersecurity awareness month - week 3 graphic. Cybersecurity awareness month - week 3: suspicious emails. Can you be sure that email is from who you think it is? We've seen a recent trend over the past 18 months where supplier's emails are hacked and used to commit mandate fraud. This can often be the result of poor password security.

News | 11 October 2021

Password security (Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Week 2)

A survey by Google found that 50% of people use the same passwords for the majority of their accounts, making them much easier to hack.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month WEEK 2: Password security. The risks of poor login security and reusing passwords. 50% of people use the same passwords for most accounts. Password best practice is the three random words method. Online fraud increased by 70% in the last year. Veritau logo

News | 4 October 2021

Cybersecurity at work (Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Week 1)

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and as usual we're helping our member councils spread awareness of common cybercrime topics...

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Cybersecurity awareness month - week 1: Cybersecurity at work. Why does cybersecurity matter in local government? £2.87 million = Average cost of a cyberattack in 2020 200 days = average time to detect a breach 45% of people see their organisation being at little or no risk 51% of people say IT should be solely responsible

News | 21 September 2021

Be aware of Covid pass fraud

Fraudsters are using the NHS Covid pass as a way to target the public by convincing them to hand over money, financial details and personal information. A new campaign is asking members of the public...

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