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Smart phone users targeted as cyber attacks rise by 800pc

Consumers have been left at risk of email scams and digital fraud thanks to outdated protection laws, a new parliamentary report has concluded.
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BBB Warns Of Lottery Scam Targeting Facebook Users

The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about a lottery scam targeting Facebook users.
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How Identity Theft Monitoring Can Guard Users from Online Identity Theft?

How Identity Theft Monitoring Can Guard Users from Online Identity Theft?

Similar to any activity, protecting users’ identity online is significant for the future of the internet economy. Unfortunately, as we learn every single day, being smart is not enough to guard yourself from dangerous online scams or deceitful identity theft. So what can be done?

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Computer Users Anywhere, A Must Read!

by Snurb

Computer Users Anywhere, A Must Read!

Computer Users Anywhere, a must read!

Prof. Hasan Yahya – Professor of Sociology

 Yesterday I sent an article to Articlesbase for publication, about the latent and the manifest in goals topic. Such goals always have latent and manifest purposes. It may be made by local or international organizations such as schools,  . . . → Read More: Computer Users Anywhere, A Must Read!

Warning issued to Playstation users

The Department of Internal Affairs is warning gamers to beware of scams after hackers stole personal details from up to 77 million users of Sony’s online Playstation Network.
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Smishing scams targeting cell phone users

Spring has sprung and with it a new scam arrives, this time targeting cell phone users. Like traditional “phishing” scams, “smishing” schemers often pose as banks or lottery sweepstakes asking customers to contact them immediately about a pressing issue that needs to be discussed.
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BBB warns against sneaky smishing scams targeting cell phone users

A new year means a new scam, this time, targeting cell phone users. Like traditional “phishing,” “smishing” schemers often pose as banks or lottery sweepstakes asking customers to contact them immediately about a pressing issue that needs to be discussed.
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Cell Phone Users Are Gullible, Report Says

Cell Phone Users Are Gullible, Report Says
Cell phone users respond to phishing scams more quickly than desktop users, and are three times more likely to hand over data.
Read more on PC World

Cell Phone Users Are Gullible, Report Says
Internet security company Trusteer has managed to get access to the log files of Web servers that hosted phishing . . . → Read More: Cell Phone Users Are Gullible, Report Says

eBay Users: What You Have to Identify Regarding Phishing Scams

by mike_hcg

eBay Users: What You Have to Identify Regarding Phishing Scams

Are you an eBay user?  Whether you use eBay to do your online shopping or if you use eBay to generate extra income for yourself, as an eBay seller, there is something that you need to be aware of. As an eBay user, whether you . . . → Read More: eBay Users: What You Have to Identify Regarding Phishing Scams

Computer Users Beware of Hitman Scams

videos.webpronews.com Authorities are investigating a ring of “hitman” email scams that threaten each recipient’s life. As a result, the FBI has released a warning for computer users to be very careful with their personal information. Hear what FBI Special Agent Gail Marcinkiewicz told us about the case including precautions you can take to keep this scam . . . → Read More: Computer Users Beware of Hitman Scams

100M Facebook Users’ Private Details Exposed

100M Facebook Users’ Private Details Exposed
The most dramatic “data theft” to hit social networks in quite a while isn’t a theft at all.

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Twitter’s Adding Paid ‘Fake Trends’ Advertising, But Will Users Object?

Twitter’s Adding Paid ‘Fake Trends’ Advertising, But Will Users Object?
Twitter ’s march to earn a dime or two from its millions of users and billions of tweets per month is picking up speed. Now we’ve learned that the plans for advertising include paid “promoted trends” among the more usual trending topics. We know Twitter’s in the . . . → Read More: Twitter’s Adding Paid ‘Fake Trends’ Advertising, But Will Users Object?

Facebook users warned of sexy ‘Candid Camera Prank’ attack

Facebook users warned of sexy ‘Candid Camera Prank’ attack
Security firms are warning Facebook users to beware of what’s being called the “Candid Camera Prank” attack recently spotted on Facebook that tries to use the lure of a sexy video of a scantily clad woman on a bicycle to download a video player that’s actually Hotbar adware, . . . → Read More: Facebook users warned of sexy ‘Candid Camera Prank’ attack

Fake antivirus software is ‘growing threat’ to computer users, warns Google

Fake antivirus software is ‘growing threat’ to computer users, warns Google
Millions of computer users are being duped in to installing software they think will protect them online but actually leaves their computer vulnerable to hackers, a study found.

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Police: Scam aims at cell phone users

Police: Scam aims at cell phone users
This article has been read 0 times. Two area residents say they knew better than to give out any information when they recently received calls on their cell phones requesting their credit card numbers.

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