A new WhatsApp scam is doing the rounds and it's one that could leave you locked out of your account and your contacts at ...

A new report suggests there has been a surge in QR code scams, malicious advertising and PDF malware, as attackers adapt to a changing security landscape. There has been a rise in “scan scam” ...

Figures from Action Fraud show that 784 reports of quishing were made to the fraud reporting service between April 2024 and ...

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Scam letters present an ongoing threat to Ledger users. Letters use QR codes to direct victims to phishing websites. Ledger ...

If it seems like QR codes are everywhere these days, that's because, well, they are. Thanks to a surge in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, these scannable codes are being used by businesses ...

Scammers now send unexpected packages with QR codes that redirect victims to fraudulent websites or download malicious ...

Microsoft is warning of an active scam that diverts employees' paycheck payments to attacker-controlled accounts after first ...

More than 800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing card details and other sensitive personal data with a vast network of fake online designer shops apparently ...

While most people are on guard when they receive a message through Facebook or Twitter, we are more likely to trust messages that come through instant messaging apps. That is precisely what fraudsters ...

The security agency says that scammers are cold-calling people and getting verification codes to trigger bogus upgrades, which victims pay for Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has ...