Results for 'survey scam'
“Huge Snake Eats Man Alive!” Video Scam Spreads on Facebook
June 18, 2014 - Users of Facebook may feel that familiar feeling dawning upon seeing a post, such as the one below, that is quite...
“The Rock is Dead” Fast & Furious 7 Scam In Circulation
April 23, 2014 - Dwayne Johnson – AKA The Rock – is currently being targeted by a rather grim Facebook scam doing the rounds, originating from...
Scammer Network Recruits Penniless Gamer Army
April 11, 2014 - When I was a teenager, you based your social status on the clothes you wore , the music you listened to...
Video Scam “girl KILLED herself after her DAD saw her doing THIS!”
April 6, 2014 - Steven, one of our researchers, flagged us of this ongoing video scam on Facebook that says “[SHOCKING VIDEO] This girl KILLED...
“Hungry Bear Tears Woman to Pieces” Facebook Video Scam
February 18, 2014 - Here’s a Facebook scam / fake video currently in circulation. Warning: a generally terrible standard of English used throughout: “Shocking Video:...
Flappy Bird Downloads Lead To Surveys
February 11, 2014 - Poor old Flappy Bird, YOU WERE GONE TOO SOON. However, he’s back! Sort of. Actually, he isn’t back at all because...
Telephony Scams: Can You Help?
May 24, 2012 - Back in 2009, I wrote about a telephony based scam that had gained momentum, and which sadly appears to have grown...
Adware
Short bio Adware, short for advertising supported software, is arguably the forerunner of the modern day PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program). Adware...
Malware creator who compromised 10,000 computers arrested
March 21, 2023 - The creator of a Remote Access Trojan (RAT), responsible for compromising more than 10,000 computers, has been arrested by law enforcement...
Grand Theft Auto 6 suffers grand theft
September 20, 2022 - For games publisher Take-Two Interactive, damage control is in full effect as word spreads of a Grand Theft Auto-centric network compromise....
