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This online quiz is now confirmed to be a phishing scam

December 20, 2018 admin a new era in phishing, cybercrime, phishing quiz, phishing scam, quiz-based phishing scam, Social engineering, survey scam, three question quiz scam, typosquatting

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:30:00 +0000

It’s dubbed the ‘Three Questions Quiz’ scam, and not only are people letting their guard down, but they’re also freely sharing it on social media, too. Do you think you have been duped by this before? Read on.

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6 sure signs someone is phishing you—besides email

September 20, 2018 admin 101, FYI, iOS phishing, phishing, phishing scam, smishing, sms phishing, Social engineering, vishing

Credit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Beyond the medium used to reach you (which is most often email), what are some of the common signs and behaviors of phishing? Conversations that focus on the inbox only leave users with an inadequate understanding of how to protect against this ubiquitous threat.

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MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (Jan 08 – Jan 14)

January 18, 2017 admin ad fraud, Bot, neutrino bot, phishing scam, recap, Security world, selfie, sponsored tweet, Week in security, weekly blog roundup

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 8th of January to the 14th. This week, we look back at sponsored tweets that phish, fake Word documents that download and execute a bot, ad fraud, and, yes, selfies.

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