WhatsApp goes after Chinese password scammers via US court
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5 tips for spotting and avoiding Pig butchering scams
A new type of scam, called “pig butchering” is gaining momentum. Pig butchering is a unique scam which uses a romance scam script, but with an investment spin on it, where victims are groomed to invest large sums of money, often on fake crypto apps. Behind the scenes of these scams are scam centers run […]
Continue ReadingS3 Ep89: Sextortion, blockchain blunder, and an OpenSSL bugfix [Podcast + Transcript]
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!
Continue ReadingS3 Ep88: Phone scammers, hacking bust, and data breach fines [Podcast]
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Continue ReadingInterpol arrests thousands of scammers in operation “First Light 2022”
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 […]
Continue ReadingMay The Fourth Be with You: Jedi Mind Tricks and Scams
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 […]
Continue ReadingHappy Data Privacy Day – and we really do mean “happy” :-)
We give you some simple digital lifesytle tips that cost nothing. Source: Naked Security Sophos New feed
Continue ReadingUS government securities watchdog spoofed by investment scammers – don’t fall for it!
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
Continue ReadingTop 3 Grooming Techniques in Fraud: What to Watch for
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 […]
Continue ReadingS3 Ep55: Live malware, global encryption, dating scams, and secret emanations [Podcasts]
Latest episode – listen now! (And sign up for our forthcoming Live Malware Demo at the same time.) Source: Naked Security Sophos New feed
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