UPS warns customers of phishing attempts after data accessed

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Tags: UPS

Tags: delivery

Tags: scam

Tags: phish

Tags: phishing

Tags: smishing

Tags: SMS

Tags: text

Tags: fake

Tags: data

UPS is warning Canadian customers of potential phishing attempts after data was left accessible via look-up tool.

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Phishing scam takes $950k from DoorDash drivers

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Tags: door dash

Tags: delivery

Tags: phish

Tags: phishing

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Tags: fake

Tags: fraud

Tags: theft

Tags: call

Tags: support

Tags: phone

We take a look at a phishing scam that cost 700 DoorDash drivers a combined total of roughly $950k.

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Fake security researchers push malware files on GitHub

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We take a look at reports of fake security researchers offering up malware downloads via GitHub repositories.

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Ticket scammers target Taylor Swift tour

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Tags: swift

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Tags: gig

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Tags: reseller

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We take a look at multiple reports of ticket reseller fraud aimed at fans of Taylor Swift’s Era tour.

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Warning: Victims’ faces placed on explicit images in sextortion scam

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Tags: sextortion

Tags: deepfake

Tags: FBI

Tags: blackmail

Tags: extortion

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Tags: synthetic

We take a look at some new developments in sextortion cases via a warning issued by the FBI.

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AI generated Pentagon explosion photograph goes viral on Twitter

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Tags: AI

Tags: twitter

Tags: misinformation

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Tags: viral

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Tags: news

Tags: verified

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Tags: debunk

We take a look at a viral hoax on Twitter which used AI generated imagery to claim an explosion had occurred close to the Pentagon.

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Sponsored Twitter post uses fake BBC News site to boost slippery oil trading app

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Tags: forex

Tags: BBC

Tags: fake

Tags: trading

Tags: digital

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Tags: twitter

Tags: sponsored

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We take a look at a daisy chain of links and clicks leading from a sponsored Twitter ad to a fake BBC website offering up an AI trading app.

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