Categories: News Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: phish Tags: romance Tags: 419 Tags: astronaut Tags: space Tags: station Tags: shuttle Tags: rocket Tags: fake Tags: email We take a look at a scam which has come around every couple of years and which has finally claimed a sizable bounty from a victim. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Bank Tags: awareness Tags: campaign Tags: never say that Tags: security Tags: phish Tags: phishing We take a look at an awareness campaign based around the kind of thing you should never hear your bank saying. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Scam Tags: spam Tags: phish Tags: BEC Tags: business email compromise Tags: romance Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: wire Tags: money mule We take a look at a scammer, involved in both BEC fraud and romance scams, who has been jailed for a whopping 25 years. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: scam Tags: phish Tags: SMS Tags: energy Tags: fake Tags: website Tags: £400 Watch out for an energy-themed scam being sent out via SMS which plays on energy price fears. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: tax refund Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: scam Tags: greece Tags: greek Tags: javascript Tags: keylogger The phishing mails rely on that time-honoured tradition of bogus tax returns and non-existent refunds. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: steam Tags: browser Tags: e-sports We take a look at a new use of the browser-in-a-browser attack to steal Steam user credentials. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Scams Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: instagram Tags: facebook Tags: verified Tags: email We take a look at a phishing campaign targeting users of Instagram with the promise of verified status. |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2022 09:41:12 +0000
We take a look at a wave of scams involving people’s fears of increasing energy prices, and how to avoid being caught out.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 15:17:39 +0000
We take a look at reports that verified Twitter accounts are being targeted by scammers with claims of hate speech.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 12:15:26 +0000
Apple aims to fix the password problem forever with a single-tap sign in approach known as the passkey. Will it work?
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