Results for 'survey scam'
The Olympics: a timeline of scams, hacks, and malware
July 28, 2021 - The 2020 Olympics are, after a bit of a delayed start, officially in full swing. So too is the possibility for...
Bitcoin scammers phish for wallet recovery codes on Twitter
April 28, 2021 - We’re no strangers to the Twitter customer support DM slide scam. This is where someone watches an organisation perform customer support...
Beware: not so festive social media scams
December 22, 2020 - We’re now into the most crucial stage of Christmas festivities, where money and gifts are on the march…and social media is...
The many ways you can be scammed on Facebook, part II
December 18, 2020 - In part 1 of this article series, we looked at data mining schemes, scam ad campaigns, concert tickets scams, and PayPal...
FIFA 21 game scams: watch out for unsporting conduct
October 14, 2020 - Despite COVID-19, soccer season is slowly ebbing its way back into daily life around the world. It’s also sneaking back onto...
Risky business: survey shows majority of people use work devices for personal use
October 7, 2020 - There’s no denying the coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the way we use technology. Some changes feel like...
Good news: Stalkerware survey results show majority of people aren’t creepy
August 26, 2020 - Back in July, we sent out a survey to Malwarebytes Labs readers on the subject of stalkerware—the term used to describe apps...
Ellen DeGeneres giveaway scam spreading on social media
April 15, 2019 - Scammers are pushing multiple fake Facebook profiles of Ellen DeGeneres, popular US TV show host and producer, with the goal of...
Labs survey finds privacy concerns, distrust of social media rampant with all age groups
March 5, 2019 - Before Cambridge Analytica made Facebook an unwilling accomplice to a scandal by appropriating and misusing more than 50 million users’ data, the...
This online quiz is now confirmed to be a phishing scam
December 20, 2018 - Ah, online quizzes. Many of us know that they can be somewhat dodgy and nonsense, really—but that doesn’t stop us from...
