If you run a website or a blog, watch out for emails promising “DNSSEC upgrades” – these scammers are after your whole site.
Tag Archives: Scam
Anatomy of a survey scam – how innocent questions can rip you off
We take part in a fraudulent survey so you don’t have to. Show your friends and family how these scams unfold.
You’ve heard of sextortion – now there’s “breachstortion”, too..
Sextortion again – but with “we hacked your website and stole all your data” instead of “we hacked your webcam and made a video”.
Beware the DHL delivery message email – it could be a package scam
Here’s a DHL delivery scam with a simple twist – simplicity and a total lack of drama…
QR code generator scam steals thousands in Bitcoin
Every once in a while an attack comes along that is so simple to set up, and yet so effective, that it makes your jaw drop. Here’s one.
How to stay on top of coronavirus scams – and all the others too
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…
Watch out! Scummy scammers target home deliveries
Anxiously waiting for a home delivery? Don’t be tricked by a message that says there’s a problem with your address…
Hijacked Twitter accounts used to advertise face masks
The accounts were used to advertise a site selling products made scarce by COVID-19: face masks, forehead thermometers and toilet paper.
Feds shut down bogus COVID-19 vaccine site
A vaccine for $4.95!? Nah, we didn’t think so, either. Shuttering the alleged rip-off site is the DOJ’s 1st takedown of COVID-19 flimflam.
Fresh phish! Stripe scam baked and delivered in under an hour
Less than an hour after the crooks registered their scamming domain, the phishing attack was under way.