by eran | 12 Jul 2022 | News
Summer is when most people think about taking holidays and enjoying outdoor activities to make the most of good weather. But cyber criminals don’t take a break during this period. They have scams specifically for this season. Here are three to look out for: 1. Fake...
by eran | 5 Jul 2022 | News
Fake news is nothing new but, since the rise of social media, it’s become more prolific and spreads faster. In fact, fake news stories are 70% more likely to spread than real news. Why is that? Fake news travels faster than true news Numerous recent studies have shown...
by eran | 28 Jun 2022 | News
Data breaches, including large scale ones where company databases are hacked, are not uncommon. There have been at least four in 2022 alone, leaking the records of more than 8m people. That means your personal details could be out there for scammers to exploit. Why do...
by eran | 21 Jun 2022 | News
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has many benefits. It can help us do our work – especially boring, repetitive tasks – more quickly and efficiently. But, it also helps scammers do their work better too. Here are five ways that hackers are using AI. 1....
by eran | 14 Jun 2022 | News
A new WhatsApp OTP (one-time password) hack has just been identified in India which enables scammers to takeover users’ accounts via a phone call. Whilst scams targeting WhatsApp are nothing new, this one takes advantage of external call forwarding services. How does...
by eran | 7 Jun 2022 | News
To prevent fraud, companies are looking at increasingly sophisticated methods to verify customers’ identities. “Liveness tests” are one way of doing this, but it seems that even these are vulnerable to attack. What are “liveness tests”? “Liveness tests” are used by...
