The Covid pandemic created ideal conditions for romance scammers. Forced into isolation by lockdowns and longer-term efforts to limit community spread, millions of lonely hearts sought virtual connection – through dating apps, social media, chat rooms, video game forums and more. In the US, online dating services alone attracted 44.2…
The Covid pandemic created ideal conditions for romance scammers. Forced into isolation by lockdowns and longer-term efforts to limit community spread, millions of lonely hearts sought virtual connection – through dating apps, social media, chat rooms, video game forums and more. In the US, online dating services alone attracted 44.2…
SINGAPORE: Some Instagram users have received messages supposedly from their followers that promise gifts that they can redeem by keying in their password in a separate login page that looks deceptively like an Instagram page. But simply tapping on these links appears to be enough for hackers to gain access…
Image: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) Though at times it seemed unlikely this day would ever come, the Facebook era of unrelenting user growth has finally come to an end. For the first time in its nearly 18-year-history, Facebook’s users have actually declined. According to parent company Meta’s Q4 earnings presentation,…
Social media giants have failed to do enough to stop fraudsters and must “refund the British public for any scam”, the chairman of an influential Commons committee has said. In a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing, Julian Knight, Conservative MP for Solihull and chairman of the committee, branded…
The Gettr logo seen on a smartphone; stock image.Photo: Rafael Henrique / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images (Getty Images) Gettr, just one of the interminable Facebook/Twitter clones for MAGA chuds angry about social media rules against conspiracy theories and bigotry, sold itself to potential users as a way…
It’s well known at this point that the company previously known as Facebook is spending billions of dollars in resources to transport as many of its users as possible out of the real world and plop them into an avatar-filled metaverse. What’s less talked about though are the ways Meta…
The season of holiday cheer is also the peak time for scammers offering bogus romance. Thousands of Americans looking for a new love to help usher in the new year will instead be beguiled by online con artists who use fake identities and empty promises to talk the lovestruck out…
For one starstruck fan in Arizona, it was like a dream come true: heartthrob Australian actor Chris Hemsworth had reached out on Facebook wanting to meet. When Hemsworth’s purported manager began requesting $25,000 in cash to arrange the meet and greet, it still seemed too hard to resist. Investigators say…
Hackers always try to stay at least one step ahead of their victims. That often means using the technology we know and love as a launching pad for wreaking havoc. Fortunately, you can protect yourself. Below, we’ll reveal some eye-opening examples of different hacking types and provide advice to keep…
