Exploring Internet Nonsense
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Information stolen by cyber crooks from Facebook in a 2019 data breach, including mobile phone numbers, is now being offered for free on a hacking forum, increasing the chances that a variety of crooks will be using that information to try and scam Facebook users. Last week, security researchers found a large haul of data […]
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Exploiting Microsoft Office macros is still the most common method to infect computers with malware, security researchers have confirmed. Security researchers at Proofpoint found that one in ten attacks specifically target vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office macros to deliver malware to a victim’s computer. We explain what this means and how you can avoid falling victim […]
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On March 29th the US Strategic Commend Twitter feed mysteriously posted a garbled tweet. Only 13 characters long, the tweet read ;l;;gmlxzssaw. And within moments of the tweet being posted many were speculating at to what it could possibly mean. What the US Strategic Commend twitter account hacked, or had one of its staff members […]
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A video claims to show a person posing as a victim of the coronavirus pandemic in a body bag while smoking a cigarette. The video is being circulated online by conspiracy theorists who claim there is a global cover-up by governments and the media and that the COVID-19 pandemic is not real, and as such […]
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When tax season in the UK arrives, so do the inevitable phishing scams. And 2021 isn’t going to be any different. There are two important dates in the UK tax calendar. The end of January, when last year’s tax returns need to be filed by (if you submit online) and any tax payments need to […]
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Cyber crooks are attempting to trick Instagram users into handing over their login information with a series of phishing scams claiming the user has committed a copyright infringement violation. Instagram is all about photos. And while most users usually upload their own photos to the site, sometime a user may upload photos belonging to other […]
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Clothes retailer FatFace has reportedly paid a $2 million ransom to ransomware criminals who accessed their network earlier in the year. FatFace had earlier made headlines when, in the immediate aftermath of the cyber intrusion, they emailed customers potentially affected by the attack detailing what had happened, but had also warned those customers that the […]
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A screenshot showing an apparent CNN broadcast had a banner reading “Investigation: Shooter was factually Arabic, but morally white“. FALSE The image is below. The image is spreading in the aftermath of the Boulder, Colorado shooting where ten people were gunned down in the latest mass shooting within the United States. It is also spreading […]
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Last updated on April 6th, 2021Phone call scammers are contacting victims pretending to be from well-known brands such as Amazon, and falsely claiming that the victim’s bank account has been charged for a purchase. During the calls, many of which may be pre-recorded messages, the victim is told that they can speak to a customer […]
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Online rumours claim the movie I Am Legend was not only set in 2021, but claims that people were turned into zombies because of a failed or wrong vaccine. FALSE Examples of the claims on social media are below. I don’t want to alarm anybody.. but y’all remember that I Am Legend Movie? Yeah the […]
