An Irish court has jailed three romance scammers who tricked a 66-year-old woman out of her life savings, and even tricked her into visiting Dubai at her own expense.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Category: Scam
Last time they arrived 28 minutes after lighting up their fake domain... this time it was just 21 minutes
The crooks hit us up with this phishing email less than half an hour after they activated their new scam domain.
The "Missing Cryptoqueen" makes the American Top Ten... but not in a good way.
Members of the LGBTQ+ community have been warned to be on their guard against extortionists who may attempt to prey on them via online dating apps such as Grindr and Feeld.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
It's a simple jingle and it's solid advice: "If in doubt, don't give it out!"
The UK's National Health Service has warned the public about a spate of fake messages, sent out as SMS text messages, fraudulently telling recipients that they have been exposed to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
With Father's Day falling this weekend in the United States and UK, more people might be more willing than normal to believe the latest scam to be spreading via WhatsApp is true. But I'm afraid it isn't.
Sorry dads, Heineken isn't giving away free coolers of beer.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Law enforcement agencies around the world appear to have scored a major victory in the fight against fraudsters, in an operation which has seized tens of millions of dollars and seen more than 2000 people arrested.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Over the past few years, I’ve used Star Wars Day as a way to talk about two of my favourite things – Star Wars and cybersecurity. I wrote about scammers in 2020 and IoT in 2021, and I really thought I’d write about IoT again this year. After all, there’s no shortage of IoT blunders […]… Read More
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