NoCrackingZone | Tag | Phishing

Bill Gates’s YouTube ‘Bitcoin giveaway’ is a big fat scam

And no, Microsoft said, none of our verified accounts have been hijacked, vehemently denying early reports.

No, we don’t know why people start hoaxes like this. You can do your bit by not forwarding them, not even “just in case”.

The bad news is that you have to watch out for a plethora of new coronavirus cyberscams, as well as all the old stuff, too…

Google has seen a rising number of attackers impersonating news outlets and journalists to spread fake news among other reporters.

Anxiously waiting for a home delivery? Don’t be tricked by a message that says there’s a problem with your address…

…And it’s got your password as “proof”.

If you lose someone’s data because of a configuration blunder that lets crooks in without any actual hacking… is that a “breach” or not?

Researchers have found it’s still child’s play to hijack subdomains from companies such as Microsoft to use in phishing and malware attacks.

A financial proivider that gives loans but locks them down to turn them into savings… didn’t lock down its own network.

Less than an hour after the crooks registered their scamming domain, the phishing attack was under way.