Beware of Holiday Shipping Notification Scams
Photo: mundissima (Shutterstock) It’s no secret scammers get more skilled and ingenious with time. Part of their strategy is knowing when is the best time to target certain people. As…
How to Recognize Fake Pet Ads
Photo: StockMediaSeller (Shutterstock) There are a lot of scams out there, and the latest includes websites pretending to sell pets that don’t actually exist. Before you buy a pet online,…
Hackers and Bad Actors Are Weaponizing Your Typos
Photo: PixieMe (Shutterstock) It’s hard to keep track of the many ways malware can infect your devices, but “typosquatting” is one of the sneakiest. As the name implies, hackers create…
Don’t Mistake This Microsoft Security Alert for Spam
Photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock) Recently I received two security alerts from Microsoft warning me someone had attempted to log into my account. The emails offered me links to review the…
That Text From the ‘IRS’ Is a Scam
Photo: AevanStock (Shutterstock) It is pretty alarming to get a text message from the “IRS” claiming to be filing a lawsuit against you for suspicious activity, and the only way…
Microsoft Has a New Trick for Keeping Your Password Safe
Photo: Wachiwit (Shutterstock) Your PC’s password is not something to be shared lightly. It’s the keys to your kingdom: From work, to social media, to banking, your whole world is…
What to Do Right Away If You Click a Phishing Link
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) It happens to the best of us: You might be totally up to date on all the latest phishing scams and still fall for one. While it’s…
Please, Never Open a PDF from a Strange Text
Photo: Tero Vesalainen (Shutterstock) I get a lot of spam texts. A lot. They’re immediately recognizable: The source number doesn’t look familiar, and is attached to a message so obviously…
13 Persistent Online Scams (and How to Avoid Them)
Photo: nito (Shutterstock) This insidious scam targets mostly horny dudes. The criminal poses as a woman online, strikes up a conversation with one of the aforementioned horny dudes, and requests…
Russian, Belarusian Hackers Target Ukraine in Phishing, Google Says
Google said it has seen Russian hackers well-known to law enforcement, including FancyBear, engaging in espionage, phishing campaigns and other attacks targeting Ukraine and its European allies in recent weeks.Google’s…