Fake Facebook ads lead to international investment scams
Scammers are advertising to take your money, and social media is taking it without a second thought. What’s going on, and how can you stay on alert?
Tag: social engineering
Why scammers are trying to reset your Instagram password
You get a message from Instagram asking you to reset your password, but you didn’t do it, and it looks legit. What’s going on?
Can parents override the social media minimum age ban?
From December 10, anyone under the age will be knocked off the biggest social media services, but what if parents want their kids to have access?
Bitdefender focuses security on creators, influencers
If you fancy yourself as someone with a bit of influence and are concerned by security risks, there may be a new style of security solution on the way.
The government is rushing a bad idea (and why the social media ban won’t work)
A social media ban for under 16s sends the wrong message and won’t work, but rushing it for the end of the year is somehow a worse idea.
Meta set to recover stolen Instagram, Facebook accounts with video selfies
Scammers have been taking over social media accounts to perpetuate their nonsense, but Meta has been working on a selfie-style of a fix.
How to go on the defensive against sextortion scams
A sextortion scam isn’t just something you can get through email, but in social apps, as well. What can you do to go on the defensive, both if it happens to adults and as parents?
Scammers are “new friends” in the social scammer playground
Watch out on social media, as scammers use the old trick of social engineering to fake being your friends and convince you to hand over money.
Fake celebrities flood social to scam via Twitter and Facebook, how to tell
If someone claiming to be a celebrity messages you on social media, don’t take the bait. There’s a reasonable chance you’re about to be scammed.
Twitter scammers try phishing via DMs
Not every message dropped into your Twitter account is the real deal. Some are trying to phish for your details and break into your account.
