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Ho, ho, no! Scams to avoid this festive season

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Categories: News

Tags: FBI

Tags: scams

Tags: xmas

Tags: christmas

Tags: festive season

Tags: social media

Tags: cryptocurrency

Tags: bitcoin

Tags: app

Tags: android

Tags: fake job

Tags: offer

Tags: whatsapp

Tags: telegram

Tags: interview

Tags: resume

Tags: gift cards

Tags: survey

We take a look at a list of popular scams compiled by the FBI to avoid this festive season, and offer our own insights.

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Hive Social pulls the plug on itself after security flaws found

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Categories: News

Tags: Hive social

Tags: app

Tags: mobile

Tags: social media

Tags: socmed

Tags: mastodon

Tags: twitter

Tags: security

Hive was taken offline last Wednesday, after researchers found security issues which could have had major ramifications for service users.

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Gas, a positive social network for teens (no, really)

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Categories: News

Tags: Gas

Tags: social network

Tags: poll

Tags: polls

Tags: mobile

Tags: iPhone

Tags: app

Tags: schools

Tags: kids

Tags: teens

Tags: teenagers

Tags: fun

We take a look at a fairly exclusive app designed for teens which claims to come with none of the nastiness found elsewhere online.

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Man scammed IRL for a phone he sold online

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Categories: News

Tags: scam

Tags: fake

Tags: fraud

Tags: sale

Tags: selling

Tags: bank transfer

Tags: app

Tags: phone

Tags: mobile

Tags: social media

We take a look at reports of scammers using fake bank transfer apps to make it look as though they’ve bought your for-sale item.

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There’s an app for that: web skimmers found on PaaS Heroku

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Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Cybercriminals are abusing platform-as-a-service (PaaS) cloud provider Heroku to build web skimming apps and steal customer data.

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