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Take extra care shopping for Black Friday deals - experts find thousands of fake websites looking to steal your details

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Black Friday is a great opportunity for cybercriminals and scammers, so be on your guard.

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Black Friday shopping scams are on the rise - experts warn many new domains could be dodgy, here's what to look for

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Be careful with sites having 'Black Friday' in their domain name, as well as those with 'Amazon' or 'Alibaba', say experts.

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Amazon researchers uncover major token farming malware scam - over 150,000 malicious packages found

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Someone has been flooding npm with wormlike packages in a bid to get as many crypto tokens as they can.

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Major AI agents are being spoofed - and it could put your site at risk

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Bad bots are trawling the web, impersonating legitimate agents to get permissions, experts warn.

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Meta reportedly makes 10% of its revenue from fraudulent ads and scams

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Meta apparently makes huge profits from fraudulent ads - so is it in the company’s interest to crack down?

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Workers are scamming their employers using AI-generated fake expense receipts

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

An age-old scam is getting a new lease of life thanks to AI.

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Over 17 million victims reported in huge Prosper data breach - here’s what we know so far

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

The personal information of over 17.6 million Prosper users affected in data breach.

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Capita handed huge £14m fine over security failings which lead to data breach

By Ellen Jennings-Trace last updated

Capita ‘failed in its duty to protect’ customer data, the ICO found.

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Nearly 180k records exposed in billing platform breach - here’s what we know

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Databases have been left without encryption, and now personal data is compromised.

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Microsoft warns university employees are being hit by payroll attacks, so stay on your guard

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Payroll pirate is targeting thousands of university employees, with some losing their salaries in attacks.

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