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Monthly Archives: January 2019
YouTube subscribers getting spammed by celebrity imposters
YouTube personality Philip DeFranco warned that the messages pretending to be from him and other top influencers are scams.
Fighting Emotet: lessons from the front line
Emotet is moving, shape-shifting target for admins and their security software. Here’s what we’ve learned from dealing with outbreaks.
US gov declares emergency after wave of domain hijacking attacks
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an emergency directive tightening DNS security after a recent wave of domain hijacking attacks targeting government websites.
#DeleteFacebook? #DeleteTwitter? #FatLotOfGood that will do you
Your likes, interest and personality can be gleaned from as few as 8-9 friends on social media, whether you’re on the platform or not.
Cops catch $15m crypto-crook
A man has been arrested a year after stealing €10m ($15m) of the IoT-focused cryptocurrency IOTA using bogus software that tricked users.
Facebook debuts scam ads reporting tool
Adverts on Facebook featuring fake celebrity endorsements scam people out of their savings, and Facebook is now doing something about it.
Bomb threat spam may stem from GoDaddy DNS weakness
A bomb threat spam campaign that hit North America last month may have been engineered using a flaw in GoDaddy’s domain management process, it was revealed this week.
Supreme Court won’t consider case against defamatory reviews on Yelp
The decision means Yelp, and other platforms, are still protected from liability for user-submitted content under the CDA’s Section 230.
How to stop a hacker home invasion! [VIDEO]
Did you see the story about the US family whose Nest camera “warned” them of an impending nuclear attack? Here’s how to keep hackers out…