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Instagram clamps down on fake messages with anti-phishing tool

October 15, 2019 0 Comments anti-phishing, anti-phishing tool, email, emails from instagram, Instagram, mail, malicious email, malspam, phishing, phishing scams, safety, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks, social media scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:51:50 +0000

We take a look at a new anti-phishing feature Instagram hopes will cut down on imitation messages and other social engineering attempts.

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Social engineering

Tags: anti-phishing anti-phishing tool email emails from instagram Instagram mail malicious email malspam phishing phishing scams safety scams Social Engineering social engineering attacks social media scams

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International students in UK targeted by visa scammers

September 18, 2019 0 Comments china, chinese students, home office, hong kong, money mule, Scam, scams, uk, ukvi, universities, university, visa, wire fraud

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:49:40 +0000

Visa scammers are at it again, this time targeting Chinese international students in the UK. Learn how these scams work in order to steer clear, and advise others to do the same.

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Scams

Tags: china Chinese students home office hong kong money mule scam uk UKVI universities university visa wire fraud

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The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams (updated)

September 4, 2019 0 Comments 163qcNngcPxk7njkBGU3GGtxdhi74ycqzk, 1KE1EqyKLPzLWQ3BhRz2g1MHh5nws2TRk, 3HXdb3HAw1wVzU9b7ZSigvGaStd8KoZ3zJ, bitcoin, Bitcoin sextortion, blackmail, CCC, Chaos Computer Club, ChaosCC, Digital Shadows, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, scams, sextortion email, sextortion scams

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Sextortion scams are back on the radar, and many say they’re on the uptick. We investigate an email campaign to see how lucrative the business of sextortion can be.

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Scams

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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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Privacy

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

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The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams

August 22, 2019 0 Comments 163qcNngcPxk7njkBGU3GGtxdhi74ycqzk, 3HXdb3HAw1wVzU9b7ZSigvGaStd8KoZ3zJ, bitcoin, Bitcoin sextortion, blackmail, Digital Shadows, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, scams, sextortion email, sextortion scams

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Sextortion scams are back on the radar, and many say they’re on the uptick. We investigate an email campaign to see how lucrative the business of sextortion can be.

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Scams

Tags: 163qcNngcPxk7njkBGU3GGtxdhi74ycqzk 3HXdb3HAw1wVzU9b7ZSigvGaStd8KoZ3zJ bitcoin Bitcoin sextortion blackmail Digital Shadows EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation scams sextortion email sextortion scams

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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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How to get your Equifax money and stay safe doing it

July 30, 2019 0 Comments Awareness, credit monitoring, data breach, data breach settlement, Equifax, EU, European Union, Federal Trade Commission, fraud, fraud prevention, FTC, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, identity theft, phishing, scams, settlement, social security numbers

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Equifax has been ordered to pay at least $650 million in relation to its enormous 2017 data breach. Users who were affected might be eligible for a claim. But watch out for scams!

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Awareness

Tags: credit monitoring data breach data breach settlement Equifax EU European Union Federal Trade Commission fraud fraud prevention FTC gdpr General Data Protection Regulation identity theft phishing scams settlement social security numbers

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New Facebook ad reporting tool launches in UK

July 19, 2019 0 Comments ads, advertisements, adverts, facebook, facebook lawsuit, Martin lewis, scam reporting, scam reporting tool, scams, uk

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Consumer expert Martin Lewis took Facebook to court over multiple rogue ads bearing his likeness. It’s now been settled out of court, and Facebook users have a new tool in the fight against bad ads.

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Scams

Tags: ads advertisements adverts facebook facebook lawsuit Martin lewis scam reporting scam reporting tool uk

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Steer clear of Bitcoin Cash generators

July 19, 2019 0 Comments bitcoin, bitcoin cash, Crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency scams, gaming scams, generator, scams, video games

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:19:20 +0000

We take a look at a number of sites claiming to offer free Bitcoin Cash money.

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Crypto

Tags: bitcoin bitcoin cash cryptocurrency cryptocurrency scams gaming scams generator scams video games

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Recipe for success: tech support scammers zero in via paid search

July 19, 2019 0 Comments browlocks, browser locker, browser lockers, malvertising, scammers, scams, tech support scam, tech support scammers, Tech support scams

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

We take a deep dive into the recently reported Azure-hosted tech support scam pages, identifying this as one of the most successful scam campaigns in use today.

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Tech support scams

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