I first became aware of the plague of Indian companies operating PC and anti-virus support scams because one of our competitors advised me that one of them was apparently carrying out unethical marketing on ESET’s behalf. (They weren’t, of course, anything to do with ESET: see this blog series and this paper.) I recently learned … More Fake Support, And Now Fake Product Support
We’ve had them every year, so we don’t expect this year to be any different. Various “Good luck” chain emails, good wishes on Facebook and other social media and various pop-ups with random “Luck of the Irish” messages are a common companion of this holiday that has long outgrown the borders of Ireland and is … More Watch out for St.Patrick’s Day online scams
Do you use Google? These days the question sounds almost absurd. If you use the Internet, or an iPhone, or an Android phone, or a Kindle or an iPad, then of course you use Google in some shape or form. And if you take a keen interest in how your personal information is used, you … More Google’s data mining bonanza and your privacy
From time to time people get new computer equipment and need to (re-)install all their favorite programs. Often a painful and time-consuming job, but afterwards it should ease the way of working with the new equipment. Even security gurus have to undergo this procedure at regular intervals. In November 2011 I started to use Skype … More SKYPE: (S)ecurely (K)eep (Y)our (P)ersonal (E)-communications
Email pretending to be a scam warning from Western Union is itself a scam to trick Irish computer users into giving up their usernames and passwords Many instances of a new email scam with a title “- Your account can be accessed from an unauthorized computer –“ have been spotted in the last few days. … More Fake Western Union email tricking Irish computer users
