Security

WhatsApp Supermarket Phishing Scam

There’s a WhatsApp phishing scam doing the rounds here in the UK based on free gift vouchers from big supermarket retailers. It’s doing well because (a) people are receiving the links from friends and (b) they’re disguising the false links…

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Andrew
phishing, Security
Epsilon Risks Downplayed

Epsilon Risks Downplayed

The theft of names and email addresses from Epsilon has reached across the Atlantic. Last week I received notification from two UK companies, one of which is a household and high street name, Marks and Spencer, the other is Crucial…

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Andrew
Commerce, phishing

Banking Online can it be trusted?

For a long time now anytime a email comes in that says anything about banking I delete it. Recently a bank I do business with started sending e-mails informing me of special offers which as a consumer was worth investigating.…

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Todd Cochrane
google, phishing, Security

Google Safe Browsing Firefox Extension

Firefox has released an extension that you should load. This extension will help you when you are are surfing the web and are directed to a website that may not be who or what it appears. Phishing has been going…

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Todd Cochrane
Commerce, Crime, Dave's Muse, Information, Security, Services, Software, Technical

Gmail Scam Used by Phishers to Gather Personal Data

Internet e-mail scammers are using the popularity and allure of Google's Gmail service to phish for personal data, including e-mail addresses and passwords. Gmail e-mail accounts are one of the most coveted holdings for hip and techie Internet users. A quick eBay search proves the popularity of invitations to join Google's upcoming e-mail service that offers 1GB of mail storage.

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Todd Cochrane