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“YouTube Account Manager has sent you a Message…”

September 3, 2014 - We’ve seen some complaints of a message sent to YouTube users via the YouTube messaging system, warning of account suspension: YouTube...

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Exploits and vulnerabilities | News | Threats

Convincing YouTube look-alike fires RIG Exploit Kit

August 25, 2014 - The lure of salacious videos is often used to trick people into downloading and running malware. As you will see in...

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News | Threats

Tech support scammers spam YouTube with robot-like warnings

December 11, 2013 - If you have been following our blog, you certainly know how much we despise the fake tech support scams. In a...

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News | Threats

Porn on YouTube Leads to Premium-Rate SMS Scams

July 8, 2013 - Spammers are beating YouTube’s filters to upload pornographic images and tricking people into following a hyperlink to view more. We are...

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News | Personal

TikTok comes one step closer to a US ban

April 24, 2024 - The US Senate has approved a bill that will ban TikTok, unless it finds a new owner, bringing it one step closer to being signed into law.

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News

A week in security (March 25 – March 31)

April 1, 2024 - A list of topics we covered in the week of March 25 to March 31 of 2024

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News | Privacy

Facebook spied on Snapchat users to get analytics about the competition

March 28, 2024 - Facebook is accused of using potentially criminal methods to spy on Snapchat users to gain a commercial advantage over its competition.

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News | Personal

[updated] Apex Legends Global Series plagued by hackers

March 20, 2024 - The North American finals of the Apex Legends Global have been postponed after at least two hacking incidents.

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News | Privacy

Social media influencers targeted by identity thieves

March 19, 2024 - Social media influencers are attractive targets for identity thefs. Not just for their bank accounts but also to influence their followers

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News | Privacy

TikTok faces ban in US unless it parts ways with Chinese owner ByteDance

March 14, 2024 - A bill that passed the House of Representatives would ban TikTok from the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance gives up its share of the app.

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