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Crooks bank on Microsoft’s search engine to phish customers

November 4, 2024 0 Comments bank, bing, phishing, scams, search engine

If you searched for your bank’s login page via Bing recently, you may have visited a fraudulent website enabling criminals to get your credentials and even your two-factor security code.

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Steer clear of cryptocurrency recovery phrase scams

September 21, 2023 0 Comments Android, browser, cold, cryptocurrency, extension, hot, mark cuban, metamask, Mobile, personal, phish, phishing, Scam, search engine, wallet

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We take a look at a common cryptocurrency scam which focuses on your recovery phrase.

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FBI warns of imposter ads in search results

January 5, 2023 0 Comments ad, ads, advert, download, fake, FBI, malware, news, paid, phish, phishing, results, search engine, sponsored

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The FBI has issued a warning about criminals impersonating brands in search ads

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In post-Roe US, experts share how to keep your data private

July 27, 2022 0 Comments abortion, digital defense fund, dobbs v. jackson women's health organization, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, lock and code, lock and code podcast, period-tracking, period-tracking app, planned parenthood v. casey, Privacy, private search, roe v. wade, scotus, search engine, secure messaging, supreme court, supreme court of the united states

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:58:50 +0000

As the US reconfigures its rules on abortion after the overturning of Roe v Wade, our podcast guests explain how to keep your data private.

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Google stops indexing WhatsApp chats; other search engines still at it

February 25, 2020 0 Comments chat, data loss, facebook, Google, group chat, invite code, online privacy, Privacy, private chat groups, search engine, security threats, Social networks, whatsapp, whatsapp groups

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:51:22 +0000

Private chat invites aren’t meant to be unfindable, Facebook says, though a snippet of code eventually shielded them from Google indexing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/De9SWjTWYs0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Billion-dollar search engine industry attracts vultures, shady advertisers, and cybercriminals

January 6, 2020 0 Comments adfraud, advertisements, adware, extensions, hijackers, potentially unwanted programs, PUPs, results, search, search engine, search engine optimization, search engines, seo, seo poisoning, sponsored

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:04:21 +0000

We look at the ways in which criminals and vultures use less-than-honest tactics to fleece the search engine industry for a piece of its billion-dollar pie.

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