Too good to be true? That online auction price could be triangulation fraud
Do you crave the hunt for an online deal? When you decide that you want to buy a thing, is part of the satisfaction of acquiring it how good of a deal you can find?
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Ebooks are cheap, but you might pay in other ways
The practice of buying textbooks is practically a scam itself. Spending hundreds of dollars twice a year for books that you’re not even guaranteed to use? No wonder so many students try to find cheaper alternatives.
Ebooks are cheap, but you might pay in other ways
The practice of buying textbooks is practically a scam itself. Spending hundreds of dollars twice a year for books that you’re not even guaranteed to use? No wonder so many students try to find cheaper alternatives.
Crypto Scams Taking Advantage of Ukraine Conflict | Avast
Avast is deeply saddened by the Ukraine-Russia situation. We have employees and customers in both countries and are monitoring the situation very closely. We are focused as a priority on ensuring our people are safe and providing the suppor…
Elder Scammers Indicted | Avast
On August 25, 2021, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in San Diego California announced indictments against eight individuals they claim stole more than $2 million from victims over the age of 70 across the United Stat…
Don’t Fall For Search Engine Scams | Avast
Where a website ranks in a search page matters a lot: About a quarter of all searchers click on the first link and very few click through to page 2. Search engines even capitalize on this fact by selling ad space that sits at the top of search results,…
Click-Fraud Site Preys on iPhone Jailbreakers | Avast
The iPhone jailbreaking community is currently at work on a new jailbreak tool called Checkra1n, and a current scam pretending to offer the software baits users to a click-fraud site instead. PC Mag reported that Checkra1n is still in development and w…
Flaw Allows Phony Provisioning Alerts on Androids | Avast
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a critical flaw in the Android smartphones built by Samsung, Huawei, LG, and Sony, whereby a bad actor could potentially infiltrate a victim’s phone using a phony provisioning message. Mobile operators send out…
Deepfake Voice Fraud Causes $243,000 Scam | Avast
A UK-based energy firm was scammed out of $243,000 when criminals targeted the company with an effective vishing campaign. “Vishing” is short for “voice phishing,” the tactic of tricking targets over the phone. This incident marks the first time AI-bas…
Movie Tickets Service Exposed Customer Records, Researchers Say | Avast
Cybersecurity researchers discovered an unprotected and unencrypted database containing over 161 million records belonging to movie ticket subscription service MoviePass. TechCrunch reported that many of the records pertained to daily service operation…