February 21, 2022

French speakers blasted by sextortion scams with no text or links

You'd spot this one a mile away... but what about your friends or family?

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November 13, 2021

FBI email hack spreads fake security alerts. Here’s what to do…

Fake warnings and false accusations - it's a "call to distraction"

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April 14, 2020

ICANN asks registrars to crack down on scam coronavirus websites

It doesn't have regulatory authority, so it can't do much, but the hundreds of registrars it authorizes can and should.

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March 19, 2020

Facebook accidentally blocks genuine COVID-19 news

Facebook is denying that a recent content moderation glitch has anything to do with workforce issues, but blames automatic systems.

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March 12, 2020

Necurs zombie botnet disrupted by Microsoft

Necurs, one of the world's biggest botnets, infected over 9 million computers worldwide.

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March 02, 2020

Fresh phish! Stripe scam baked and delivered in under an hour

Less than an hour after the crooks registered their scamming domain, the phishing attack was under way.

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February 27, 2020

How one man could have flooded your phone with Microsoft spam

What a difference one tiny little character can make to a phone number.

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February 27, 2020

Facebook bans coronavirus ‘miracle cure’ ads

Facebook, like other platforms, has seen fake news, mass-buying of face masks, and misinformation about bleach being a cure for COVID-19.

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February 24, 2020

Google purges 600 Android apps for “disruptive” pop-up ads

These apps plunk ads in front of us when we're trying to do something else, often leading to inadvertent ad clicks and much cursing.

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