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Don’t Let Your Friends Get Suckered by This iPhone 12 Scam
No, you’re not getting an iPhone 12, not now, and certainly not for free. As of this writing, there is no iPhone 12 — it only exists in the realm of rumour and fantasy until Apple actually announces the thing — but that hasn’t stopped scammers from using it as a lure to draw in…
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Don’t Open That ‘Winky Face’ Email
A highly successful email spam campaign is infecting computers with ransomware and other malware like cryptocurrency miners and botnet software that can send spam messages from your accounts without you noticing.
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How To Avoid Coronavirus Scams
There are a lot of people trying to make money off coronavirus anxiety right now, whether by charging $120 for a bottle of Purell, selling counterfeit face masks on Etsy, or claiming that you can cure COVID-19 with essential oils.
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How To Protect Yourself In Microsoft’s Recent Data Breach
You’ve probably seen some scary-looking headlines about 250 million Microsoft users being compromised in a recent data breach. While those numbers are accurate, they don’t tell the whole story—it wasn’t quite as dangerous as it sounds. Let’s quickly go over the details of the breach and ways you can help keep your data safe from…