How to spot a phishing email: 7 practical signs
Phishing evolved with AI and now fools even specialists. Here are 7 signs that expose fake emails — from your bank, the …
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Information security in plain English: scams, hardening and privacy — plus retrogaming, games and geek culture.
What is vishing? The AI voice scam that clones you in 3 seconds
Vishing uses phone calls and AI voice cloning to fool victims. Attacks grew 442% in a single half-year. How it works and …
Twitter hack 2020: how three hackers hijacked Obama and Musk
In July 2020, three young men took over 130 Twitter accounts with a fake call to internal support. The attack step by …
What is quishing? The fake QR code scam
Scammers stick fake QR codes on tables, parking meters and bills to hijack your payment. Here's how quishing works and …
The "hi, mum" WhatsApp scam: how it works and how to avoid it
Photo, name and even the way of writing, all copied. Here are the two scams behind "hi mum, I've changed my number" and …
Aflac: breach exposes the data of 22.7 million people
The US insurer confirms that a June 2025 attack exposed the health data and SSNs of 22.7 million people. It took a year …
DragonForce ransomware: the cartel that took down M&S and Co-op
DragonForce took down Marks & Spencer with a phone call to the helpdesk: it stole NTDS.dit and locked ESXi. A cartel …
Carnival Corporation: 6m customers leaked by ShinyHunters
Carnival Corporation had 6 million customers exposed after ShinyHunters tricked an employee through social engineering …
ILOVEYOU: 26 years of the virus that infected 45 million PCs
On 4 May 2000, an 'ILOVEYOU' email left the Philippines and, within 24 hours, took down 45 million PCs. Today that worm …