Mother was 'living beyond her means' during fake cancer scam, court hears
By Eva Blandis
An Adelaide mother who faked her six-year-old son's cancer diagnosis to deceitfully raise money was "living the life of the rich and famous" despite serious financial struggles, a court has heard.
The scam tricking Australians into downloading 'dreadful' malware
By Ethan Rix
Scammers are targeting Australians with advertisements for 'free' tai chi classes to trick them into downloading malware capable of stealing money off their devices.
RE: https://nanaimo.social/@local/116222174394645665
Jeepers. First it was ‘phishing’, then ‘smishing’. Now there’s ‘vishing’?!!
If a stranger approached you on the street and asked if you could unlock your phone and run a few commands you'd think they were a criminal or hacker, and you'd be right. Every day people are being fooled into click-fix attacks and it often works like this.
1. You visit a site and are requested to "verify" you're human.
2. A pop-up requests a user press Ctrl-R and enter commands.
3. Those commands, often PowerShell, pull down executables and setup remote access.
To avoid being caught by click-fix scams never accept advice from strangers and treat all sites with skepticism.
For more security tips, checkout my new book, How MICE Threaten Cyber Security. Available at Amazon .
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Am I the only one who thinks QR codes are dangerous?
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