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Crooks bank on Microsoft’s search engine to phish customers

November 4, 2024 admin bank, Bing, phishing, scams, search engine

If you searched for your bank’s login page via Bing recently, you may have visited a fraudulent website enabling criminals to get your credentials and even your two-factor security code.

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Steer clear of cryptocurrency recovery phrase scams

September 21, 2023 admin Android, browser, Cold, cryptocurrency, extension, hot, mark cuban, metamask, Mobile, personal, phish, phishing, SCAM, search engine, wallet

Categories: Personal

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We take a look at a common cryptocurrency scam which focuses on your recovery phrase.

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FBI warns of imposter ads in search results

January 5, 2023 admin ad, ads, advert, download, fake, FBI, malware, news, paid, phish, phishing, results, search engine, sponsored

Categories: News

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The FBI has issued a warning about criminals impersonating brands in search ads

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In post-Roe US, experts share how to keep your data private

July 27, 2022 admin abortion, digital defense fund, dobbs v. jackson women's health organization, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, lock and code, lock and code podcast, period-tracking, period-tracking app, planned parenthood v. casey, privacy, private search, roe v. wade, scotus, search engine, secure messaging, Supreme Court, supreme court of the united states

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:58:50 +0000

As the US reconfigures its rules on abortion after the overturning of Roe v Wade, our podcast guests explain how to keep your data private.

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Billion-dollar search engine industry attracts vultures, shady advertisers, and cybercriminals

January 6, 2020 admin adfraud, advertisements, Adware, extensions, hijackers, potentially unwanted programs, pups, results, search, search engine, search engine optimization, search engines, SEO, seo poisoning, sponsored

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:04:21 +0000

We look at the ways in which criminals and vultures use less-than-honest tactics to fleece the search engine industry for a piece of its billion-dollar pie.

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PUPs

Tags: adfraud advertisements adware extensions hijackers potentially unwanted programs PUPs results search search engine search engine optimization search engines SEO seo poisoning sponsored

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Search engine shenanigans: Malwarebytes mentions aren’t what they seem

January 3, 2018 admin ad, ads, adverts, cybercrime, redirect, search engine, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:22:31 +0000

Hunting for information on Malwarebytes, including blog posts or researcher names on Google’s search engine? Be wary of websites stuffed with keywords designed to send you into an ad blizzard.

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It Sure Looks Like There’s a Penis on the Bing Homepage Today

August 17, 2017 admin Bing, dick, drawing, genitalia, Graphic, microsoft, news, penis, search engine, tech

Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:41:18 +0000

Dicks ahoy.