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#Russia #scams #education #Google
'A sprawling academic cheating network turbocharged by Google Ads that has generated nearly $25 million in revenue has curious ties to a Kremlin-connected oligarch whose Russian university builds drones for Russia’s war against Ukraine.'
#Russia #scams #education #Google
'A sprawling academic cheating network turbocharged by Google Ads that has generated nearly $25 million in revenue has curious ties to a Kremlin-connected oligarch whose Russian university builds drones for Russia’s war against Ukraine.'
SMS phishers pivot to points, taxes, fake retailers
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/12/sms-phishers-pivot-to-points-taxes-fake-retailers/
#HackerNews #SMSphishing #taxfraud #cybersecurity #phishing #scams #fake #retailers
A couple of months ago, Nicholas Hune-Brown, an editor at Toronto's The Local magazine, received a pitch from Victoria Goldiee, who appeared to be an up-and-coming freelancer, with bylines in The Cut, The Guardian and Dwell. He assigned her a story about healthcare privatization. And then he began to look at her work. Here's how he discovered she was a scammer — but perhaps, still completely real.
#Journalism #Media #MediaIndustry #Scams #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
The .cn domain name scammers are still at it, a new entry added to the archive at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domainnamescam/
See "Domain Name Scams Are Alive And Well, Thank You" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain_name_scams_are_alive_and_well_thank_you.html for some background (written 2016, and the problem was not new then) #dns #domainnamescam #cndomains #scams #spam
The .cn domain name scammers are still at it, a new entry added to the archive at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domainnamescam/
See "Domain Name Scams Are Alive And Well, Thank You" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain_name_scams_are_alive_and_well_thank_you.html for some background (written 2016, and the problem was not new then) #dns #domainnamescam #cndomains #scams #spam
Cryptocurrency ATMs
CNN has a great piece about how cryptocurrency ATMs are used to scam people out of their money. The fees are usurious, and they’re a common ... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/cryptocurrency-atms.html
Cryptocurrency ATMs
CNN has a great piece about how cryptocurrency ATMs are used to scam people out of their money. The fees are usurious, and they’re a common ... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/cryptocurrency-atms.html
New York Times: Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads. This link goes to a gift article. “The ads are a lucrative part of Facebook’s advertising revenue that, the project’s researchers and others say, has led the company to turn a blind eye to a flood of low-quality or deceptive content, spam and in some cases outright fraud on the platform.”
Security News This Week: Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure – WIRED
Security News This Week: Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure WIREDLegal experts condemn Apple bowing…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Apple #China #cybersecurity #Google #Privacy #Russia #scams #Security #securityroundup #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/165151/
Security News This Week: Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure – WIRED
Security News This Week: Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure WIREDLegal experts condemn Apple bowing…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Apple #China #cybersecurity #Google #Privacy #Russia #scams #Security #securityroundup #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/165151/
#Facebook #politics #scams #AI #disinformation #GiftArticle
'The ads are a lucrative part of Facebook’s advertising revenue that, the project’s researchers and others say, has led the company to turn a blind eye to a flood of low-quality or deceptive content, spam and in some cases outright fraud on the platform.'
#Facebook #politics #scams #AI #disinformation #GiftArticle
'The ads are a lucrative part of Facebook’s advertising revenue that, the project’s researchers and others say, has led the company to turn a blind eye to a flood of low-quality or deceptive content, spam and in some cases outright fraud on the platform.'
New York Times: Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads. This link goes to a gift article. “The ads are a lucrative part of Facebook’s advertising revenue that, the project’s researchers and others say, has led the company to turn a blind eye to a flood of low-quality or deceptive content, spam and in some cases outright fraud on the platform.”
Since cryptotulip MMF scams seem to be on the rise, here's a reprise of "Your 'Forgotten' Blockchain Account Needing Reactivation? It's a Scam" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_blockchain_account_scam.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/09/your-forgotten-blockchain-account.html) #makemoneyfast #cryptocurrency#cryptotulips #scams #cybercrime
Since cryptotulip MMF scams seem to be on the rise, here's a reprise of "Your 'Forgotten' Blockchain Account Needing Reactivation? It's a Scam" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_blockchain_account_scam.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/09/your-forgotten-blockchain-account.html) #makemoneyfast #cryptocurrency#cryptotulips #scams #cybercrime
And oh, this morning saw another addition to the wankstortion archives - this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html from 2022 is my last sigh/gasp #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #scams #spam #email (archive: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/)
And oh, this morning saw another addition to the wankstortion archives - this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html from 2022 is my last sigh/gasp #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #scams #spam #email (archive: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/)
Donald Trump is making out like a bandit through crypto scams, and some people see it as an easy way to buy influence.
On Tech Won’t Save Us, I spoke with Jacob Silverman to discuss how Trump is deregulating crypto and the continued tech-MAGA alliance.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/287_trumps_crypto_profiteering_is_worse_than_you_think_w_jacob_silverman
#tech #crypto #donaldtrump #bitcoin #corruption #scams #politics
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