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Bad credit can cost you - whether or not it is your fault. And it can be more costly during these days of tight credit. The Better Business Bureau continues to see an increase in the number of complaints received about CROs - credit-repair organizations - and it appears that the number of shady CROs also is increasing.
There has been more than one story in the news recently about Twitter accounts being hijacked. The most recent examples of note include the accounts of Britney Spears and famed blogger/entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki. These issues have highlighted some potential dangers of using the service, or really social networks in general. Have you encountered security issues with Twitter or other social ...
The AFP today warned of a fake email that claims to have been sent out by the police. Here is what the fake email looks like:
Many UI students have left campus for the summer. But that hasn’t stopped scammers.
Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts' Guests Rest Easy With Fail Proof Web Content Filtering, Phishing Protection; Hotel's IT Director Calls Service "Marvelous"
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Sometimes, it seems scams are becoming almost as common as social media experts on Twitter. The latest one, unleashed Monday morning and initially noticed by tech blog Mashable, centers on a fake blog hosted at the domain twittersblogs.com. Tweets containing links to the site circulated rapidly, each featuring the message: "omg!! is it true what they wrote about you in their twit blog?"
Don't Blame the Technology!
Levels of fraud have fallen at online payment provider PayPal thanks to cybercrime detection and prevention technologies. Fraudulent transactions accounted for 0.28 per cent of the value of all payments using PayPal in 2008, down from 0.3 per cent in 2007, according to Garreth Griffith, head of risk management for PayPal UK.
Within hours of the death of pop star Michael Jackson, spam trading on his demise hit in-boxes, a security firm said today as it warned that more junk mail was in the offing.
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