Facebook users are at it again. A post telling users to copy and paste a message if they wish to retain control over things they share on Facebook, is being copied left, right and centre. Which is all very well and fine, of course. Apart from the fact that the message is utterly worthless. If … More Please stop spreading the Facebook privacy notice hoax
Forty-nine years ago, if you needed cash you had to head to your bank and request it from the clerk at the counter. But on the 27th of June 1967, all that changed. On that day Londoners had their first opportunity to withdraw funds from their accounts via a new specialized cash machine, which later … More Cash machines turn 49 today: Are ATMs really that secure?
The competition to find the best national football team in Europe starts in just a few hours, and fans across the continent are eager to see their favorite players perform live. But for the unwary, the process of buying late tickets for UEFA Euro 2016 matches can be tricky, and risks ending in disappointment, lost … More Hours before Euro 2016, fake websites are still offering overpriced tickets
A while ago, we informed you about a Ray-Ban scam campaign flooding Facebook via hacked profiles. Using fake ads that offered massive discounts, attackers tried to lure users into “buying” branded sunglasses, thus giving up their payment card details via an unsecured channel. Spread mostly via posts disguised as ads for Ray-Bans, the scam also … More Hitting emails and Facebook: Ray-Ban scam is back
A woman who posed as a UN diplomat took nearly €9,000 from a Japanese woman in Dublin airport after promising her access to a container filled with $10 million in cash, according to a report by The Irish Times. What started as a spam message, promising immense riches that appeared in the Japanese woman’s LinkedIn … More What can we learn from the international online scam that unfolded in Dublin recently?
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