A few weeks ago my colleague Stephen Cobb (knowing my interest in research related to fraud and scams, including phone scams) drew my attention to a section in the *Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book for January-December 2014 that pointed to a rise in the percentage of fraud complaints about phone scam calls over the period … More Phone Scams: Increasing Numbers, Wider Scope
The Independent has reported, that Ryanair “has been targeted in an international scam that siphoned millions of euro from its bank accounts”, more specifically, around €4.5 million. The Independent further states “it is believed that thieves managed to initiate a single fraudulent transaction using a Chinese bank when stealing the money from the airline”, that … More Ryanair “hacked”, millions stolen, phishing suspected
ESET Ireland has detected increased online activity targeting Irish email addresses with phishing scams, using the names of Irish tax and Customs, Bank of Ireland and DHL. In the recent weeks cybersecurity experts at ESET Ireland have been tracking several persistent phishing scams. The first appears to come from Irish Tax and Customs and claims … More Irish Revenue, Bank of Ireland and DHL scams detected
ESET Ireland sees an unending stream of Irish bank email phishing scams, with Bank of Ireland customers particularly in the crosshairs. Irish online banking users should be on the watch for a constant flood of variations on the phishing scams involving Irish banks. This week we’ve noticed an increased number of emails targeting Bank of … More New day, new Bank of Ireland scam
Social networks irritate many of us at least part of the time, but they have their good points. While some networks have a habit of moving the security goalposts from time to time for the benefit of its real customers – i.e. those who are paying for upgrades from the free service, or to take … More Trust, Truth and Hoaxes in Social Media
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