Posts By Christopher Boyd

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IRISSCON 2015 Presentation: “Bad Ads”

September 17, 2015

If you’re going to be in Ireland on November 19, please consider paying a visit to the fantastic IRISSCON Security Conference,...

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HONG KONG - JANUARY 7 : Hong Kong Disneyland's exotic scenery on 7 January 2013 in Hong Kong. It is the first theme park located inside the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort with Chinese culture, customs, and traditions incorporation in designing and building the resort. The theme park's cast members speak in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin. The park consists of six themed areas: Main Street, U.S.A., Fantasyland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, Grizzly Gulch and Toy Story Land.
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Avoid this fake Disney offer spam on Facebook

September 15, 2015

Disney scams tend to come and go, and we’ve noticed a few rattling around recently – with the Disneyland Diamond Celebration and...

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Don't Get Stuck on WhatsApp Stickers...
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Don’t Get Stuck on WhatsApp Stickers…

September 15, 2015

We’ve spotted a WhatsApp scam using the same general template as the previously covered WhatsApp Elegant Gold, located atstickers-whatsapp(dot)comwhich asks for...

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A Familiar Phish Preludes The New Tax Season
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Avoid This HMRC Tax Refund Phish

September 14, 2015

I wonder how many of us would struggle to remember if we were owed a tax refund from 2013, given there’s...

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Avoid this BSoD Tech Support Scam

September 8, 2015

Way back in 2008, I wrote about a piece of malware which took a prank Blue Screen of Death screensaver created by...

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MGS V: The Phantom Game Downloader
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MGS V: The Phantom Game Downloader

September 7, 2015

I’m not sure what I like more about the below site promising hacks related to Metal Gear Solid V – the...

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3DS Emulator: Press Start to Load Surveys
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“Free Games” App Needs a Power Up

September 3, 2015

“Welcome to the never ending fun! Unlimited games in just one click! Games Desktop is a PC app that allows downloading...

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New Skype spam leads to Trojan download
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Steer Clear of this Skype Spam

September 3, 2015

Over the last few weeks, there’s been a spam campaign taking place on Skype which involves the following steps: Scammers use...

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“Reply to Scammers”, they said. “It’ll be fun”, they said

September 2, 2015

A book called Dot Con has been bouncing around the news for the last few weeks, authored by comedian James Veitch....

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