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News | Privacy

Beware tragic “my daughter died…” Facebook posts offering free PS5s

April 20, 2022 - Tragic tales are being posted to Facebook, combined with the offer of a giveaway. However, some are perhaps not quite what...

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News | Scams

Filing your taxes? Be wary of help found through search engines

April 14, 2022 - The deadline for filing your taxes in the US is nearly upon us. April 18 is the very last datethat you...

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News | Scams

“A little gift for you” SMS spam appears to come from your own phone number

March 30, 2022 - If you’ve received a spam SMS message sent from your own phone number, don’t panic. No, you weren’t hacked. And you’re...

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News

Elden Ring exploit traps players in infinite death loop

March 24, 2022 - Back in January, we wrote about how the Dark Souls games had their online components switched offfor PC gamers. This is...

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News | Scams

Fake Esports voting sites looking to phish Steam users

March 21, 2022 - We’ve seen Esports occasionally become the focus of gaming or Steam scams. One particular tactic of note was to claim joining...

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News

$320 milllion stolen from Wormhole crypto-trading platform

February 3, 2022 - By using an exploit in the software of crypto-trading platform Wormhole, threat actors have stolen an estimated $322 million in cryptocurrencies....

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News | Scams

Beware bogus OperaGX sponsorship offers

February 3, 2022 - If you’re a YouTuber, watch out for bogus Opera missives winging their way to you. The Browser team has had to...

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News | Ransomware

[updated]QNAP update stops Deadbolt ransomware, annoys some users, starts debate

January 28, 2022 - Earlier this week (25 January, 2022) news broke that a ransomware group was targeting QNAP Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. The...

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Cybercrime | News

Dark Souls servers taken offline over hacking fears

January 25, 2022 - There’s been trouble brewing over the weekend for players of the smash-hit Dark Souls series. PvP (player vs player) servers were...

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News | Scams

Steer clear of gift card balance scams

January 20, 2022 - Rogue ads are a problem-causing menace which can strike in many ways. Malvertising often uses a combination of exploits to drop...

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