Cybersecurity experts are warning Microsoft Outlook users to be on the lookout for phishing emails hiding dangerous attachments. Researchers at the security firm Sophos spotted emails that instruct users of the email program to download and open an …
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AUBURN, Wash. – A new international scam called spear phishing – equal parts identity theft and harassment – has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. Scammers basically try to tear your life apart by buying your information and using it against you …
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Scammers have stepped up a cold-calling con which convinces computer users to hand over cash to fix a non-existent virus. The Government’s Scamwatch service has received about 500 reports so far this year, compared with 450 reports for all of last year.
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Online criminals are using the horrific New Zealand earthquake to scam compassionate, generous people out of money. A week after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocked the city of Christchurch in New Zealand, killing an estimated 240 people, online bad guys …
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