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Nextdoor neighborhood app sends letters on its users’ behalf

August 27, 2019 0 Comments invitations, Marketing, neighborhood, neighborhood apps, nextdoor, nextdoor app, Privacy, Scam, scams, targeted marketing, user awareness, user privacy

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:35:31 +0000

The Nextdoor neighborhood app sends out snail mail letters to neighbors on behalf of its users. Is this a scam—or an ill-conceived marketing plan?

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Tags: invitations marketing neighborhood neighborhood apps nextdoor nextdoor app privacy scam scams targeted marketing user awareness user privacy

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North Carolina county falls for BEC scam, to the tune of $1,728,083

August 1, 2019 0 Comments BEC scams, business email compromise, Cabarrus County, fraud, Government security, Law & order, North Carolina, phishing, Scam, security threats, spearphishing, whaling

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 11:00:50 +0000

The county could only claw back some of the $2,504,601 it paid to a scammer posing as a contractor working on building a new high school.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/h5cAeqdGji8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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QR code scam can clean out your bank account

July 31, 2019 0 Comments banking phish, login credentials, malicious websites, payment, QR code, QR code scam, Scam, scams, Social engineering, url

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:05:40 +0000

QR code scams are still popular. We should learn to treat QR codes like we do any other unrecognizable URL: with suspicion on where it will take us.

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Scams

Tags: banking phish login credentials malicious websites payment QR code QR code scam scam scams Social Engineering url

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Good Twitter Samaritans accidentally prevent shoeshine scam

July 26, 2019 0 Comments india, Scam, shoe shine, Social engineering, social media, travel, travelling, twitter

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:45:12 +0000

We take a look at how a shoeshine scam nearly took place in real life—until people online trying to help in one way, ended up assisting in quite another.

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Social engineering

Tags: india scam shoe shine social media travel travelling twitter

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SharePoint Online scam – sadly, phishing’s not dead

July 23, 2019 0 Comments data loss, phishing, Privacy, Scam, sharepoint

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:02:51 +0000

Not all phishes contain easily spotted errors or obviously dodgy web links – here’s how to stay safe…<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_GauxhRMdVU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>