NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A message from a stranger on LinkedIn probably would not set off alarms for most of us. Especially when that person appears connected to someone you already know. That is how Gaby’s story began. Gaby recently joined me on “The CyberGuy Report Podcast” at cyberguy.com/podcast/ to explain […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If your phone seems to light up with suspicious texts right when your day gets busy, you may not be imagining it. New research from cybersecurity company Malwarebytes suggests scammers have gotten much more strategic about when they contact you and where they do it. The company […]
Google search leads to costly scam call Kurt ‘CyberGuy’ Knutsson explains how a reader named Rosette made a Google search and wound up handing her credit card number and birth date to a scammer. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Asking Siri to call your credit card company sounds about as routine as […]
Pytamy Metę, czy scam się teraz skończy na 100 proc. Oto odpowiedź firmy Business Insider Polska Brzoska do szefów Facebooka: “Ja się pytam co to k… jest !?”. W serwisie Elona Muska wpis usunięto next.gazeta.pl Rafał Brzoska chce trzech zmian. Opisuje je zwięźle i dosadnie Strefa Biznesu Rafał Brzoska kontra Facebook i Meta. „Czy wy już tam kompletnie […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You are browsing the web when a warning suddenly takes over the page. It says your browser needs a “Critical Update” before you can continue. It looks like Chrome. The message feels urgent. So, clicking Update may seem like the safest thing you can do. That is […]
Elder fraud expert shares tips to protect parents from scams ScamSkeptic founder Matt Sanner discusses the growing urgency of protecting vulnerable seniors from AI-powered scams. He shares tips for recognizing high-pressure phone tactics and helping parents avoid fraud on ‘America’s Newsroom.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tap to pay has become one […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A text lands on your phone offering a remote Amazon job you never applied for. The work supposedly takes about an hour a day and pays as much as $600. Sounds amazing, right? We recently received one of these messages. It claims to come from “Lauren Whitmore […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Your phone rings, and the caller says your bank account is under attack. To protect your savings, you must move the money right now. The caller sounds calm. The instructions feel official. However, the “safe account” belongs to a scammer. That pressure can turn years of savings […]
Google general counsel explains AI-powered phishing rise Halimah Delaine Prado, Google’s general counsel, reveals the rise of AI-powered phishing scams originating from China’s ‘outsider enterprise.’ She explains how these criminals use artificial intelligence to create highly convincing fake websites, impersonating trusted brands like T-Mobile to defraud hundreds of thousands of Americans, causing millions in losses. […]