The perils of fake technical support
Fake technical support websites and accounts in social networks pose a real danger. How to spot and avoid them.
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Fake technical support websites and accounts in social networks pose a real danger. How to spot and avoid them.
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Jeff and David take a look at a recalled smart watch in the EU, faulty webcam covers from the NSA, changes in iOS, and more.
Meet Lenny, the voice chatbot that can be used against telemarketers and phone scammers.
In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, we discuss ways you can stay safe shopping online during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, we discuss a targeted cryptocurrency scam, Canadian weed database breached, bio chips, and the current state of spam and phishing.
Twitter cryptocurrency scams are becoming more and more advanced and convincing, with scammers using new techniques and some heavy artillery.
How scammers are exploiting the GDPR fuss to extract personal data.
With many people filing their taxes online, cybercriminals focus on making money with tax-related phishing schemes.
In this week’s edition of Kaspersky Lab’s podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss a Ethereum scam in Twitter, China’s surveillance glasses, and iPhone source code on GitHub.
Attackers pretending to be acquaintances asking for money — the story is old, the approaches new. We show you how to avoid the e-bait.
In this week’s edition of the Transatlantic Cable podcast, we discuss Equifax, PornHub, pulled AI and more.
Modern technology actually helps phone scammers — what you need to know to stay safe.
Facebook has been crawling with reposts that claim to be giving away thousands of free airline tickets. We uncover the truth.
It turns out there are bots in Tinder and OkCupid. Who wants that?
Many people now do their taxes online, and cybercriminals see that as a huge opportunity to make money with phishing schemes.
The days of dropping cheesy pick-up lines at social gatherings are coming to an end. With dating websites and apps, it has become way easier to find a partner online. But is it safe?
A criminal ring in India posed as technical support and tricked many people, but they couldn’t fool David Jacoby, our senior security researcher.
Find out if you can avoid traps set by fraudsters for Black Friday sales.