“Sad announcement” email leads to tech support scam
Tech support scammers are again stooping low with their email campaigns. This particular one hints that one of your contacts may have met an untimely…
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Update now! Apple confirms vulnerabilities are already being exploited
Apple has released security patches for most of its operating systems, including iOS, Mac, iPadOS, Safari, and visionOS. The updates for iOS and Intel-based Mac…
AI Granny Daisy takes up scammers’ time so they can’t bother you
A mobile network operator has called in the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the battle against phone scammers. Virgin Media O2 in the UK…
Free AI editor lures in victims, installs information stealer instead on Windows and Mac
A large social media campaign was launched to promote a free Artificial Intelligence (AI) video editor. If the “free” part of that campaign sounds too…
AI is everywhere, and Boomers don’t trust it
Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, and Meta AI represent a stronger threat to data privacy than the social media juggernauts that cemented…
An air fryer, a ring, and a vacuum get brought into a home. What they take out is your data (Lock and Code S05E24)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… The month, a consumer rights group out of the UK posed a question to the public that…
QuickBooks popup scam still being delivered via Google ads
Accounting software QuickBooks, by Intuit, is a popular target for India-based scammers, only rivaled for top spot by the classic Microsoft tech support scams. We’ve…
Malicious QR codes sent in the mail deliver malware
Physical letters that contain a QR code to trick people into downloading malware are being sent through the mail, according to a warning issued by…
122 million people’s business contact info leaked by data broker
A data broker has confirmed a business contact information database containing 132.8 million records has been leaked online. In February, 2024, a cybercriminal offered the…
Advertisers are pushing ad and pop-up blockers using old tricks
Despite the countermeasures some services are taking against well-known ad blockers, lots of people now use one. This is no doubt due to increased privacy…
Scammer robs homebuyers of life savings in $20 million theft spree
A 33-year-old Nigerian man living in the UK and his co-conspirators defrauded over 400 would-be home buyers in the US. In the initial phase, Babatunde…
Temu must respect consumer protection laws, says EU
Temu has been accused of a number of infringements on its platform against European Union (EU) consumer law. The Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network of…