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2024: The year of democratic elections

January 2, 2024PoliticsAlgeria, Artificial intelligence, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Confidence tricks, Deception, Deepfake, Disinformation, Fact-checking, Fake news, Finland, Ghana, Hasina, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Internet manipulation and propaganda, Jair Bolsonaro, Liechtenstein, Lying, Media manipulation, Mexico, Misinformation, Pakistan, Propaganda techniques, Senegal, Social media, South Africa, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

Jan. 2, 2024 /Politics/ — 2024 is shaping up to be a bumper year for elections! Here are some noteworthy examples beyond the UK and USA: Continue reading →

27Jul/23

Introducing Norton Genie – Real-Time AI-powered Scam Detection at Your Fingertips

July 27, 2023SecurityConfidence tricks, Deception, Fraud, Hyde Fault, Internet safety, Malay cuisine, Phishing, Social engineering, Spamming, Tanisha Scottadmin

Scams are one of the most pervasive Cyber Safety threats of our time. The sheer volume is staggering – people are collectively wading through 3.4 billion phishing emails on a daily basis – and scams are becoming more sophisticated and harder to spot without help. Today, Norton, a leader in Cyber Safety and part of Gen™ (NASDAQ: GEN), is inviting people to join in the fight against scams by offering early access to Norton Genie, a real-time AI-powered scam detector, to provide an easy, fast and free way to check if texts, emails, websites and social media posts are a scam. Continue reading

22Jun/23

How scammers use psychology to create some of the most convincing internet cons – and what to watch out for

June 22, 2023InternetAdvance-fee scam, Confidence tricks, Creative Commons, Crime, Deception, Fraud, Human behavior, Internet fraud, PAYPAL, Romance scam, Scams, SHUTTERSTOCK, Social engineering, Spamming, Stacey Wood, Technical support scam, United States, Yaniv Hanochadmin

Stacey Wood, Scripps College and Yaniv Hanoch, University of Southampton

Online fraud is today’s most common crime. Victims are often told they are foolish for falling for it, but fraudsters use psychological mechanisms to infiltrate the defences of their targets, regardless of how intelligent they are.

So it’s important to keep up with the latest scams and understand how they work.

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