Home News Computing (Image credit: Future) Cybersecurity researchers have chanced upon a new phishing campaign that targets high-profile content creators on TikTok in order to wrest control of their account for nefarious purposes.Discovered by Abnormal Security, the scam involves two ploys. In one the scammers impersonate TikTok employees, and threaten the recipient with imminent account…
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Police on Thursday said four more people had been charged in connection with the kidnapping of a man allegedly caught up in a cryptocurrency transaction scam. Officers said the four men, aged between 25 and 40, will appear at Kowloon City court charged with conspiracy to kidnap the 39-year-old victim. Thirteen people have so far…
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If you used TikTok — or its predecessor, Musical.ly — before Oct. 1, you may be eligible for compensation as part of a $92 million settlement against the app.TikTok users received a notification from the app Monday about submitting a claim for compensation. Some expressed confusion on social media and questioned whether the notification was…
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Small businesses can take a number of steps to protect their business against invoice fraud and other scams. Here are four we suggest. Invoice fraud is costing small businesses big. In 2021 alone, Australians have lost over $12 million to false billing scams, with the average victim reporting losses of $15,467, according to Xero’s latest…
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Robbie Williams, Holly Willoughby, Richard Branson, Deborah Meaden and many more celebrities have joined forces in signing a letter urging Boris Johnson to put paid scam adverts in the upcoming Online Safety Bill. Financial journalist Martin Lewis, who has been campaigning against fake ads using his face to lure users for a long time, now…
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Plus: one year on, has the Series S experiment paid off? This wasn’t exactly the best week in Digital Foundry history – last week, one of our staff members received a succession of emails to make the blood run cold. Two-factor authentication disabled, passwords changed, backup security codes re-issued. And then? The Digital Foundry YouTube channel…
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OTTAWA — A two-year police investigation that started with a Prescott, Ont. woman reporting a romance fraud has ended with dozens of charges against a 35-year-old man. Police say the “lengthy and complex investigation” uncovered alleged romance fraud involving 21 victims. The first of those was a Prescott, Ont. woman who contacted police in October…
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It’s a huge day if you like giving away money to a billion dollar organization and getting nothing in return. That’s right folks, your chance to become an “owner” of the Green Bay Packers is here! On Tuesday the Packers opened up shares of their “common stock” for the first time in 10 years. It…
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Reiterating the Congress demand that the Rafale aircraft deal with France be investigated by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), party spokesperson Pawan Khera on Tuesday alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s direct involvement in the “Defence scam”. Khera referred to the French investigative portal Mediapart, which, in a fresh set of revelations, exposed how middleman Sushen…
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Oh, that Ryan Reynolds. What a scamp. In a fun bit of marketing for the Netflix action-adventure “Red Notice,” Reynolds (and Netflix — and even PBS) posted a brief video on social media where he has one of the eggs from the film appraised by Lark Mason from “Antiques Roadshow.” Reynolds is in character as…
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