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News | Personal

Film companies lose battle to unmask Reddit users

August 3, 2023 - An interesting case marking the limits of what data big business can expect to dig up has concluded its day (or...

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News

Reddit breached, here’s what you need to know

February 10, 2023 - On Thursday, February 9, 2023, Reddit reported that it had experienced a security incident as a result of an employee being...

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Reddit users crowdsourcing explicit images and identities

August 22, 2022 - The BBC is warned of a large photograph trading ring which operated on popular group forum site Reddit. These warnings are in...

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Cybercrime | News | Scams

Steer Clear of Movie Spam Subreddits

December 4, 2015 - From the “Curious Tactics” department: We heard word of shenanigans on Reddit, and it turned out that a scammer had set up...

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Cybercrime | News

New AI “agents” could hold people for ransom in 2025

February 4, 2025 - "Agentic" AI could arrive in 2025, and it may allow hackers to send individual, AI-powered agents to do their dirty work.

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Cybercrime

The great Google Ads heist: criminals ransack advertiser accounts via fake Google ads

January 15, 2025 - An ongoing malvertising campaign steals Google advertiser accounts via fraudulent ads for Google Ads itself.

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Podcast

Is nowhere safe from AI slop? (Lock and Code S05E27)

December 30, 2024 - This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Anna Brading and Mark Stockley about whether anywhere is safe from AI slop.

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News | Scams

Task scams surge by 400%, but what are they?

December 16, 2024 - Task scams are a new type of scams where victims are slowly tricked into paying to get paid for repetitive simple tasks

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Scams

QuickBooks popup scam still being delivered via Google ads

November 18, 2024 - When trying to download QuickBooks via a Google search, users may visit the wrong site and get an installer containing malware.

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News | Scams

AI scammers target Gmail accounts, say they have your death certificate

October 15, 2024 - Typical AI supported scams are after your Google account by pretending to follow up on account recovery requests

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