There is no such thing as a free lunch, and even if there was... who likes airline food that much anyway?
Each day we hear about new phishing attacks being carried out by hackers or scammers and despite the continuing awareness from multiple...
Tech support scams are “still big business”, ESET’s David Harley has previously said. In this guide we look at how fraudsters dupe...
Apparently tech support scams never get old. But they have gotten more aggressive, according to a Symantec blog post penned by researcher Deepak...
Swindlers impersonate Apple service that remotely accesses user desktops. For years, scammers claiming that they’re “calling from Windows” have dialed up Microsoft...
Support scams and fake alerts are still big business. We look at scammer psychology and a little parapsychology.
Short Bytes: It’s reported that scammers are taking advantage of Facebook Dislike button anticipation and they’re using the Facebook users. These scams trick...
Introduction It might not have escaped your notice that I write quite a lot about support scams, an issue in which most...
Short Bytes: Social media sites such as Facebook and their immense user base are prone to scams most of the times. Here’s...
Scammers have become amusingly very popular in this day and age — They are the reason why holiday makers won’t keep their...
Studies show women are more vulnerable to phishing scams than men and same has happened with Vivian Gabb who told media how she...
There's a lot more to phone scams than tech support, giving rise to an escalating number of complaints. Here's what two recent...
In October last year, we reported how a 10-year-old filipino virtual girl “sweetie” takes pedophile to prison in Australia for good. Now a...
Australians were tricked out of around AUS$82 million (US$66 million) during 2014, with online dating scams accounting for the biggest losses.
Harley says that scams and social engineering have been a constant in cybercrime - but in the past few years, some scams...
Search Engine Optimization: it's an essential component of internet marketing strategy, I guess, but one with a bad public image, especially in...
Two phone scams of a type that might be new to you: fake surveys asking dangerous questions, and a Londoning scam that...
Victims of the Anthem Inc health insurance hack are being bombarded with phishing scams including fraudulent emails and cold calls, reports Slashgear.
Buying and selling on eBay can be great, but it can also be fraught with risk. Here are some of the most...
The latest salacious video - promising ‘Naked Woman Eaten by a Shark’ - is just one in a long chain of viral...
An update on support scams: but are the scammers looking for fresh fields and posturings new?