Categories: News Tags: WhatsApp Tags: Martinelli Tags: hack Tags: hoax Tags: fake Tags: facebook We take a look at a persistent hacking hoax which has been bouncing around for a few years. Who, or what, is Martinelli? |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:35:28 +0000
U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as “pig butchering,” wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurrency trading platforms that eventually seize any funds when victims try to cash out.
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:22:29 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:09:44 +0000
We take a look at warnings of malware-infested WhatsApp downloads offered outside of the Google Play store.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:55:23 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:36:30 +0000
The EU is warning Meta that it needs to make big changes to the way it handles data transfers between the Europe and US.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 11:20:16 +0000
We take a look at a site claiming to offer “free” visa access to the UK via WhatsApp. All is not quite as it seems.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:29:57 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:49:40 +0000
We take a look at a scam barbeque quiz that asks “winners” to send a lot of WhatsApp messages to qualify.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:04:48 +0000
Threat actors are using a new method to take over WhatsApp accounts. It starts with tricking the victim into forwarding their calls.
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