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S3 Ep89: Sextortion, blockchain blunder, and an OpenSSL bugfix [Podcast + Transcript]

30/06/2022RedOne

Latest episode – listen and read now! Use our advice to advise your own friends and family… let’s all do our bit to stand up to scammers!

S3 Ep88: Phone scammers, hacking bust, and data breach fines [Podcast]

23/06/2022RedOne

Latest epsiode – listen now!

Interpol arrests thousands of scammers in operation “First Light 2022”

16/06/2022RedOne

Law enforcement agencies around the world appear to have scored a major victory in the fight against fraudsters, in an operation that seized tens of millions of dollars and seen more than 2000 people arrested. Operation “First Light 2022”, running for two months from March 8 2002 until May 8 2022, saw 76 countries clamp […]

May The Fourth Be with You: Jedi Mind Tricks and Scams

03/05/2022RedOne

Over the past few years, I’ve used Star Wars Day as a way to talk about two of my favourite things – Star Wars and cybersecurity. I wrote about scammers in 2020 and IoT in 2021, and I really thought I’d write about IoT again this year. After all, there’s no shortage of IoT blunders […]

Happy Data Privacy Day – and we really do mean “happy” :-)

28/01/2022RedOne

We give you some simple digital lifesytle tips that cost nothing. Source: Naked Security Sophos New feed

US government securities watchdog spoofed by investment scammers – don’t fall for it!

24/11/2021RedOne

Those numbers that show up on your phone to tell you who’s calling? Treat them as SUGGESTIONS, never as PROOF. Source: Naked Security Sophos New feed

Top 3 Grooming Techniques in Fraud: What to Watch for

25/10/2021Martina Dove

Grooming is a method of establishing a connection with a person to perpetrate a crime against them. Grooming is becoming more common in fraud, both online as well as in interpersonal interactions. What’s more, scammers are getting more sophisticated in their techniques. There is a mistaken belief that scammers are forceful, arrogant, and therefore easy […]