Have you recently had a call come through, that suspiciously only rang once, and had the urge to call back? If…
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Keeping your Steam Account Secure
It’s always a good idea to have browser Phish / Malware alert warnings enabled, because it can be the difference between seeing…
Flappy Bird Downloads Lead To Surveys
Poor old Flappy Bird, YOU WERE GONE TOO SOON. However, he’s back! Sort of. Actually, he isn’t back at all because…
Going Phishing On A Facebook Apps Page
What is it? A Facebook Phish, lurking on an Apps page. Why is it a problem? Despite this scam method having…
Bieber Arrest Leads to Survey Scam
It’s been all over the news, Justin Bieber’s arrested for racing under the influence. Fans all over the world cry out…
No Man’s Sky Beta: Fake
Hello Games, creators of upcoming procedurally generated space adventure No Man’s Sky, sounded the alarm on a fake Beta website. No need…
Tech support scammers target smartphone and tablet users
The tech support scam (AKA the Microsoft/Windows support technician call), which is essentially about social engineering a mark over the phone…
Browser Ransomware hides behind CloudFlare, smartens payment system
We’ve covered the browser-based ransomware several times before on this blog, ever since it appeared back in July and again each…
Fake Tumblr Extension Harvests Tumblr Logins and More
If you’re a heavy user of Tumblr, you may well have run into their daily posting limit which based on the…
Amazon Invoice Malware Spam run Continues
I had a few mails land in a spamtrap of mine over the last few days, part of an ongoing spam…