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…
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social engineering
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Privacy Awareness Week and tips to keep things private
Not everything needs to be in the eye of the public, and as Privacy Awareness Week kicks off, so too does the…
What fallout can we expect from the 2019 Facebook leak?
To mark the start of April, Facebook saw over 500 million account details leaked. And now that your data is…
The Wrap – Facebook’s big call & Telstra attacks scams
This week on The Wrap, it’s all about Facebook as the social media giant cuts off Australia’s news, and then…
How to spot a romance scam
Criminals looking to convince you of real love are typically after something else, so what do you look for: how…