Exploring Internet Nonsense
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Posts on Facebook claim to be able to allow you to see who is visiting your Facebook profile, but it’s a phishing scam aimed at tricking you into giving your password away to scammers. Another scam campaign is underway tricking Facebook users into entering their username and password onto spoof websites using the lure of […]
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Last updated on March 26th, 2021A phone scam in the UK is telling people that their National Insurance number has been compromised. The caller then urges people to provide sensitive personal information so that their National Insurance number can be changed. SCAM Phone call scams have been on the rise across the world for some […]
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Verified accounts apparently belonging to celebrities on Twitter are often seen promoting Bitcoin giveaways where Twitter users can allegedly double their Bitcoin amount. But as is often the case online, if it appears too good to be true, it probably is. This is how these scams work and how to spot them. If you login […]
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Last updated on March 16th, 2021Scam phone calls are on the rise. With lots of people either in lockdown or isolating at home, crooks will know there is plenty of easy prey out there. And these scam phone calls are targeting both your landline and you mobile phone number, with the amount of scam calls […]
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Last updated on March 17th, 2021Email users in the UK should be aware of a scam email being sent to victims claiming to be from the Health & Safety Executive offering guidelines for an upcoming COVID-19 spot check. The email, signed by someone identified as Mark J. Burrows, is targeting UK businesses, and claims that […]
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Last updated on March 30th, 2021There are many different ways you can end up with malware on your computer, but following the below 5 simple steps can help protect you against the most common methods that crooks use to infect devices. 5 easy tips to avoid malware Think twice & check twice before hitting download […]
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With an estimated two thirds of ransomware attacks being linked to Ransomware-as-a-Service, we discuss what this means. When you want some extra cloud storage to save your photos, you may purchase a Google Cloud Storage account or a Dropbox account. And when you want to type a document or create a spreadsheet, you may head […]
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Videos falsely claiming to offer prizes like iPhones to users on TikTok just to lure them to spammy websites are becoming increasingly prevalent. Most of our regular readers will be well aware that posts on Facebook claiming to offer free goodies such as phones, holidays and cars just for sharing and liking a post will […]
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TikTok is the latest social media craze to hit the mobile app store. The app lets users post videos ranging from a few seconds to a minute as well as watch videos posted by others. Users can “duet” with other videos, which essentially means adding content to an existing video and publishing the result. They […]
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Google Chrome users are urged to update Chrome for desktop after Google releases important security patch to fix a zero-day exploit. Here’s what that means and how to do it. If Google are releasing a security patch to fix a zero-day exploit, it means that there exists a vulnerability in Google Chrome that crooks are […]
