The perils of fake technical support
Credit to Author: Tatyana Sidorina| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 09:40:07 +0000
Fake technical support websites and accounts in social networks pose a real danger. How to spot and avoid them.
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How crooks use your doppelgangers to pay with your card
Credit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 07:51:04 +0000
How criminals use data harvested from users’ devices to fool antifraud systems and siphon money from victims’ accounts.
Read moreGot a direct message from a top YouTuber? Chances are, it’s phishing
Credit to Author: Marina Mash| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:00:05 +0000
Scammers are sending tons of YouTube direct messages pretending to be from top YouTubers. They’re phishing. Here’s how the scheme works.
Read moreWhatsApp and Facebook ticket giveaways: viral fraud
Credit to Author: John Snow| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:19:37 +0000
WhatsApp and Facebook are swimming in links to ticket giveaways for fun fairs and airlines. Don’t get excited though, the tickets are fake.
Read moreBlackmail demand claims to have nailed you watching porn
Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:00:13 +0000
They say they have video of you watching porn, threaten to send it to your friends, and demand ransom in bitcoins? Don’t pay! We explain how this scam works.
Read more100 channels and nothing on, except TV Licensing phishes
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:00:00 +0000
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| A recent bout of TV Licensing phishing emails promise British users a refund once they log in to a phony TV License website and provide payment details. Read on to see if you’ve been impacted.
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Read moreHMRC phish swipes email login, payment details
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000
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| It isn’t tax season for UK (or US) residents, but that hasn’t deterred scammers from sending out an HMRC phish double whammy with a tight deadline attached.
Categories: Tags: fraudfraud siteHMRChmrc fraudOutlookphishphishingscamSocial Engineeringtaxtax fraudtax seasonUK fraud |
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Read moreThe many faces of omnichannel fraud
Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| There’s a new kind of fraud out there, and it’s after organizations that have embraced omnichannel, a strategy that focuses on improved user experience. We take a look at what omnichannel is, the kinds of fraud that can affect businesses using this approach, and how they can protect themselves—and their clients.
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Read moreAre you OK with Facebook being a middleman between you and your bank?
Credit to Author: Tim Ayling| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 16:25:04 +0000
Facebook wants to be your financial service and wants your banking data. But do you want Facebook to have it?
Read moreGreen card scams: preying on the desperate
Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| Most online scams depend on two things: a legitimate entity that has a complicated or broken process, and a desperate target population. With immigration, you get both, which results in an environment ripe for green card scams.
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Read moreSocial engineering attacks: What makes you susceptible?
Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| Cybercriminals will do what it takes to get what they want, whether that’s breaching a corporate network or stealing credentials with malware. But what do we do if hackers are hacking us instead of our computers? Here’s how to tell if you’re susceptible to social engineering attacks, and what to do to combat them.
Categories: Tags: 419 scamblackmailcatfishingcold call scamscrytocurrency scamfraudphishingransomwarerogue softwareseo poisoningsextortionSocial Engineeringsocial engineering attacks |
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