Tagged “phishing”

Google Messages will warn you before you tap a link from an unknown number — a small pop-up aimed at the commonest scam in Bangladesh

In testing now: tap a link in an SMS from a number not in your contacts and Google Messages shows a warning that it may be harmful, with a…

9 Apr 2024

Hackers are stealing verified X accounts — including Google’s own security firm’s — to push crypto scams, and the blue tick is the reason it works

Mandiant, the threat-intelligence company Google owns, lost control of its X account to scammers advertising a fake crypto wallet. A…

7 Jan 2024

Your Facebook account is the most valuable thing you own online. Here is the ten-minute checklist that stops most of the ways it gets stolen

Identity theft, blackmail with private photos, phishing links dressed as prizes, and creative work reposted as someone else’s — the four…

25 Feb 2023