It's "Scam Of The Week" time! We are warning everyone against phishing attacks that try to trick you into winning movie tickets for the new Star Wars movie. For the next 2 months this is going to be a highly successful social engineering attack that a lot of people are going to fall for. This is how they might look. Think before you click!
More and more, legit-looking advertising served on major websites turns out to be malicious. Bad guys pay for and posts ads that they hope you will click on. But if you click on those ads, you get redirected to a compromised website. That malicious site might infect your computer with ransomware, and/or display popups that claim your PC has a virus and tell you to dial a toll-free number. If you call that number it will be answered by scammers who claim they are Microsoft but will try to charge your credit card to fix your computer. What to do? You need to stay vigilant at all times and "Think Before You Click":
"I feel like a complete idiot. I just got taken by a LinkedIn spam that may have just stolen my banking password."
There is a new tech support scam doing the rounds. This time it is cyber criminals with foreign accents calling you, claiming they are from Dell and they even have the correct service tag of your Dell PC. They will try to manipulate you into giving them access to your computer so that they can "fix the problem" and charge your credit card or worse, infect your computer with ransomware.
If you get called by unknown people claiming to be tech support (any company) and need to get access to your computer, hang up the phone immediately and delete any email they might send you with similar claims.
Between 3 and 4 million smartphones are stolen every year. It's is your modern-day purse snatching. Many people put their entire private and work lives on these devices that can cost up to 500 bucks. Losing a device or getting it stolen can feel like a disaster, way beyond just the monetary loss.
Cybercriminals are targeting Netflix users with several scams you need to watch out for. Some of these scams claim you need to update your payment information, and others try to trick you into downloading software for a cheaper version of Netflix. Do not fall victim for any of these tricks.
It's tax season and the bad guys are in full swing. TurboTax is a very popular online tax preparation site, and at the moment the bad guys have massive campaigns going that look like they come from TurboTax.
A phishing scam posing as a speeding ticket email with a malicious link is nothing new. But here's an innovation that should give you pause. Emails claiming to be from the local police department were sent to a few local residents close to Philadelphia and had something unique. They contain accurate speeding data, including street names, speed limits, and actual driving speeds, according to the local Police Department,
