Tagged: Scams & News
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Computer programmer fired for outsourcing his own job to China News
17.01.2013 Somewhere out there, a US computer programmer might be looking for a new job now that he’s been sacked from his previous one for outsourcing his own work to a company in China.Categories: Careers and Employment, Computers, IT Management, Outsourcing, Risk Management, Security, Web -
Online scammers target Permanent TSB customers News
02.01.2013 IT experts at ESET Ireland say they have seen a massive run of targeted scam emails hitting Irish inboxes with various attempts to scam Permanent TSB customers. -
Ireland’s Department of Finance warns of phone scam offering €2,000 refund News
13.12.2012 Ireland’s Department of Finance has said it is not behind phone calls to people telling them they may receive a refund up to €2,000. -
Site claiming to change colour of Facebook profiles is a scam – Sophos News
14.11.2012 IT security firm Sophos warns that links being spread on Facebook offering users the opportunity to change the colour of their profile pages are part of a scam and users should...Categories: Social Media, Security -
Cyber-crooks are raking in stg£3m a year from victims of ransomware scams News
08.11.2012 Cyber-criminals are raking in more than stg£3m (€3.76m) a year from victims of ransomware. Ransomware disables a user’s computer until they agree to pay hackers a ransom to free... -
FTC foils tech support scammers News
04.10.2012 Irish victims of scammers who masqueraded as tech support operatives can breathe a sigh of relief after a major international effort led to the shutdown of six alleged fraudsters. -
Internet users: do not become a hostage to ransomware News
20.09.2012 IT security player ESET has warned that Irish computers are becoming infected with ransomware – with users being blackmailed into handing over cash for the return of their...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Security, Search, Internet, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Beware of fake Tesco gift certificate email and Facebook scam News
06.09.2012 Internet users have been warned that emails and Facebook wall posts offering Tesco vouchers are an actual scam that cyber-criminals are using to direct users to fraudulent... -
Email scammers get creative with bizarre bestiality death threat News
31.07.2012 IT security and cybercrime analyst for ESET Ireland Urban Schrott is warning Irish people of an email scam doing the rounds that – though hilarious – should be treated just as... -
Australian police investigate text and email death threat scam News
24.07.2012 The scale of an email and text messaging scam has surprised police in Australia, after thousands of people received a message demanding they pay up AUS$5,000 or be killed. -
Beware of ‘you’ve been tagged’ Facebook scam News
19.07.2012 Internet users are being warned to beware of a new email scam doing the rounds whereby they receive an email telling them they’ve been tagged in a photo. Clicking on the link...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Gardaí warn of ransomware scam News
18.06.2012 Gardaí are warning of an online hoax targeting Irish users, which tells them their PC has been locked and charges them up to €100 to remove the infection. -
Rise in fake job ads, e-commerce sites seeking personal data News
02.05.2012 There has been an increase in false job adverts, fraudulent websites offering cheap goods and other schemes online to trick people into sharing their personal and banking... -
Twitter scam hits Draw Something players News
29.03.2012 Draw Something, the popular gaming app played by 3,000 people per second, has been hit by a new scam on Twitter, where users are being told they have won a prize but in reality...Categories: Social Media, Security, Phones, Games/Entertainment, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Retailers probe how fake iPad 2s made of clay sold in shops News
18.01.2012 Electronics retailers Best Buy and Future Shop have launched an investigation into how nearly a dozen fake Apple iPad 2 tablet computers made of modelling clay came to be sold... -
Google files complaint against YouTube domain typo squatter News
24.11.2011 Google is tackling a domain squatter who is using a number of variations of the web address YouTube.com to try and trick people into taking a survey scam. -
Facebook discovers how porn and violence spread on news feeds News
16.11.2011 Facebook has found the reason why many users saw images of pornography and violence flood their news feeds, which was due to users being tricked into pasting malicious code into... -
Porn and violence flood Facebook news feeds News
15.11.2011 An influx of graphic images which depict pornography and extreme violence have flooded numerous Facebook users’ news feeds, reports suggest. -
Criminals hijack social media sites with ‘friend in distress’ scams News
23.08.2011 A disturbing new trend has emerged whereby social media savvy cyber criminals are targeting the friend-lists of holiday makers who have gloated about their break or posted... -
New online scams exploit Oslo tragedy and Winehouse death News
25.07.2011 Cyber criminals are already exploiting Friday’s bomb blast in Oslo, as well as the death of singer Amy Winehouse over the weekend, to trick people into visiting websites...