Bluetooth is all about wireless communication. These days, we use Bluetooth technology everywhere – from headsets, which allow us to wirelessly operate our phones, to fitness devices that continuously log our health statistics and transmit them to our personal devices (phones, tablets, computers etc). The name “Bluetooth” is an Anglicised version of the Scandinavian Blåtand, […]
The amount of time the average person spends online is constantly increasing. There is a plethora of tasks – banking, shopping, TV viewing, chatting with friends, studying – that people carry out online on a daily basis, and there is always something new, just around the corner, which will drag us back to our PCs […]
The late 1990’s was a time where bleached hair tips, Tamagotchi, the Spice Girls and platform shoes were all the rage. In the cyber-world, the most popular way to hack into computers, was using vulnerable Microsoft Office macros. A Macro is a set of commands designed to execute in a particular order without needing user […]
In last week’s blog, our experts provided an explanation on what a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam involves. Employees, and/or business partners, are strategically targeted with emails appearing to be from a trusted source (a CEO or manager). To deliver even more deception, the email content is meticulously designed, using corporate email signatures, and sometimes […]
Text messaging is one of the most common features used on mobile phones. There are billions of text messages received around the world each day, and a growing number of these are spam, phishing, or other malicious attacks. Many people assume mobile phones are safe, and don’t realise that malware and phishing attacks are also […]
A Method of Social Engineering The practice of Vishing (aka Voice Phishing) has been around for many years. Vishing is the act of using the telephone in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The scammer usually pretends to be from a legitimate business. Over […]
In today’s world of online communications and the associated threats, you could be forgiven for thinking that the “old-fashioned” ways of contacting someone, like a phone call, would be safer. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Whilst email scams are still a significant money earner for cyber-criminals, phone scams are becoming more and more popular. […]
In a previous blog article, we discussed the Google Safe Browsing service that Google provides, which blacklists URLs for websites that contain malware or phishing content. This is a great feature that helps to protect users from visiting malicious websites. But, what if your website ends up on the blacklist? How do you remove it, […]
Google Safe Browsing is a service offered by Google that provides lists of URLs for websites that contain malware or phishing content. This is known as a Blacklist. The Google Chrome, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox web browsers all use the Google Safe Browsing blacklist to check pages for potential threats. According to a Google […]
Our Phishing Team at FraudWatch International have been seeing an increase in attacks on web hosting websites. Most people, who have a website, would use a web hosting company to publish their site, and would have a web hosting account to manage their files. “Go Daddy” is one of the biggest web host companies in […]