Phishing scams As the holiday season fast approaches so do the inevitable phishing scams. What’s a phishing scam? Fraudsters may use a practice called phishing to try to obtain your sensitive data such as usernames, passwords, and credit card information. These fraudsters impersonate legitimate companies or people, sending emails, text messages containing links that attemptContinueContinue reading “Holiday season phishing”
Category Archives: Scam
Why you should not open phishing emails
Spam the world! Recently a data security researcher known as Benkow found millions of emails and credentials on a spambot server. Your email address, your password, your name, your other online details are probably on that server. So, what is a spambot and why do crooks use them? Or more importantly, why do crooks need huge listsContinueContinue reading “Why you should not open phishing emails”
Why your daily coffee can make money for crypto-hackers
Crypto-mining malware is when hackers and fraudsters covertly infect your computer with software to do the calculations needed to generate cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Monero or Ethereum and the fraudsters keep any crypto coin proceeds for themselves. Why did my laptop slow down when I used it in Starbucks? If you join a public WiFiContinueContinue reading “Why your daily coffee can make money for crypto-hackers”
Why the Netflix brand hijack is good for small business
Your employees are your most valuable asset. But they can also be the weakest link in your security chain. Often gaps in employee knowledge and cybersecurity are only identified when full-scale problems arise. Small business owners can learn from the ‘human error’ mistakes of big organisations by training employees to detect and identify cyber dangers.ContinueContinue reading “Why the Netflix brand hijack is good for small business”
How to detect and avoid bitcoin scams
Recently a Perth, Australia, grandfather lost $5000 in a bitcoin scam. He had been contacted by someone who offered him a bitcoin. They had an Australian Business Number (ABN) and a website. Based on this, the grandfather decided it was a legitimate offer. It wasn’t. What does a bitcoin scam look like? Con artists andContinueContinue reading “How to detect and avoid bitcoin scams”
5 Facebook scams & hoaxes
All it takes is for one person to fall for a hoax on Facebook and it spreads like wildfire. Facebook scams usually start with the idea that Facebook is either going to start charging you or that Facebook’s privacy options are changing. These scams or hoaxes usually include suggesting that you don’t share (the hoax)ContinueContinue reading “5 Facebook scams & hoaxes”
Email scams
Did you get an email from a friend recently with a PDF attached to open? Be careful it may not be what it seems. An email scam which aims to trick you into giving up your email login details by sending you a (fake) link to a PDF has been doing the rounds this yearContinueContinue reading “Email scams”
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