Tag Archives: Spamming

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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19Jan/23

How to spot a cyberbot – five tips to keep your device safe

January 19, 2023ScienceAdrian Winckles, Andrew Moore, Antivirus software, Artem, Botnets, Computer network security, Computer virus, Computing, Creative Commons, Cybercrime, Internet security, Multi-agent systems, Rootkit, Security, Security breaches, SHUTTERSTOCK, Spammingadmin

How to spot a cyberbot – five tips to keep your device safe

Malware is designed to hide in your device
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Adrian Winckles, Anglia Ruskin University and Andrew Moore, Anglia Ruskin University

You may know nothing about it, but your phone – or your laptop or tablet – could be taken over by someone else who has found their way in through a back door. They could have infected your device with malware to make it a “bot” or a “zombie” and be using it – perhaps with hundreds of other unwitting victims’ phones – to launch a cyberattack.

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How to spot a cyberbot – five tips to keep your device safe