BOUNTIFUL, Utah — Scammers are taking advantage of the Taylor Swift frenzy, hacking Facebook accounts and attempting to sell fake concert tickets. Bountiful resident Morgan Treft said after buying tickets through a third party for the pop star’s Seattle concert, she did not think twice about buying tickets from a…
Oi, What are your plans for this Friday evening? If you are in Lagos, I’d love to invite you to Pitch Friday at Zone Tech Park, Gbagada, Lagos, Nigeria, by 3 p.m. WAT. Pitch Friday is an evening where aspiring and startup founders present their concept or business to a…
Matter — the IOT connectivity standard with ambitions to fix the smart home and make all of our gadgets talk to each other — has hit version 1.2, adding support for nine new types of connected devices. From a report: Robot vacuums, refrigerators, washing machines, and dishwashers are coming to…
NEW YORK (AP) — With the help of technology, scammers are tricking Americans out of more money than ever before. But there are steps you can take to keep your money and information safe. In 2022, reported consumer losses to fraud totaled $8.8 billion — a 30 percent increase from…
One man lost £42,000 life savings after falling victim to this scam and warns others to watch out for the signs. Online dating is a popular way to meet new people, but fraudsters use fake profiles to try to steal money from people by preying on their emotions. Alexandr Gutu,…
WEST HAVEN, Utah — For years, KSL has warned about scammers stealing photos from social media to dupe people in romance and other scams by pretending to be someone else. For victims, catfishing can be devastating. But what about the people the scammers pretend to be? “It’s just… not me,”…
U.S. home prices are dropping at the fastest pace since 2009. Black Knight says median home prices are down 2% since their June peak. Norwegian Cruise Lines are eliminating COVID-19 testing, masking and vaccination requirements. Fraud and scams are occurring more often on the popular peer-to-peer payment service Zelle. Taco…
DOUG. Log4Shell: It ain’t over till it’s over. Instagram Scams. And Apple bugs. All that, and more, on the Naked Security podcast. [MUSICAL MODEM] Welcome to the podcast, everyone. Let’s see if I still remember how to do this, as I’ve been off for two weeks. Paul, I see you’ve…
