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Now, a phishing scam uses ‘Coronavirus’ on emails to lure people
Sophos Labs has identified a phishing scam that uses the coronavirus as its lure. An email is sent to people with a clickable document that allegedly shares information on precautions one can take to prevent the infection. Coronavirus is currently one of the most searched terms on the internet. As the Coronavirus scare grips the […]
Hackers Scam Android Phone Makers to Install ‘Triada’ Adware
Google this week detailed a disturbing case of hackers loading up Android devices with adware by tampering with pre-installed software. The mysterious hackers masqueraded as a software vendor that phone makers believed would help them add features to the standard Android OS. “Sometimes OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) want to include features that aren’t part of […]
“WHAT HAPPENED????” How a remote tech writing gig proved to be an old-school scam
Enlarge / Maybe this is the “Mark Taylor” I seek… Getty Images | vladru After a layoff dumped me into the job market for the first time in more than a decade, I had an all-too-close encounter with a new breed of digital fraudsters who prey on the unemployed. These high-tech predators use a new […]
Apple yanks subscription scam apps, but leaves a bigger problem intact
Apple has known for years that its App Stores are cash machines, giving developers almost instant access to hundreds of millions of wallets — each only a single authenticated tap away. So I was glad to learn that Apple has started to yank apps that were tricking App Store customers into signing up for expensive subscriptions, […]
The FTC is investigating iBackPack, an $800,000 crowdfunding scam
Kickstarter and Indiegogo may have started with great intentions, but crowdfunding campaigns now seem at least as likely to fall short of their promises as to fully deliver on them. As The Verge reports today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken a particular interest in the Los Angeles startup behind iBackPack, which raised nearly $ 800,000 […]