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Scammers use photo of boy who died of cancer to attract followers

Social media like-farmers have used the photo of a boy who recently died of cancer to lure users into sharing…

5 years ago
  • In The News

Tech CEO targeted by VERY convincing phishing scam. This is how it worked

In October 2019, the CEO of technology company Legal.io, Pieter Gunst, was on the target list for an extremely convincing…

5 years ago
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Game show Jeopardy! falls for online fake news

Long running game show Jeopardy! has fallen foul to some Internet fake news relating to the popular block building game…

5 years ago
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Did Pelosi divert $2.4 billion from social security to cover impeachment? Fact Check

A claim spreading online asserts that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi diverted $2.4 billion from Social Security to cover…

5 years ago
  • Facebook

Facebook vs Government. End-to-end encryption. Explained…

Tensions between Facebook and various governments across the world have come to the forefront once again, and again it's related…

5 years ago
  • Fact Check

Man’s final resting place visible on Google Earth for 12 years

For your dose of crazy Internet stories that are actually completely true, we have the tale of William Earl Moldt,…

5 years ago
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15 year old harassed after Dayton shooting mistaken identity

A boy who had been misidentified as the Dayton shooter on social media has reportedly faced online harassment, according to…

5 years ago
  • Malware

GermanWiper – malware that erases your data but still asks for ransom

German users and businesses should be on the lookout for a type of ransomware dubbed "GermanWiper" which is being spammed…

5 years ago
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8Chan goes offline as online service withdraws service after El Paso shooting

Only moments before a shooter entered a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, and shot dead 20 people and injuring…

5 years ago
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Report shows 32% of businesses still use Windows XP

A recent report shows that an alarming 32% of businesses still operate at least on device running the long out-dated…

5 years ago