A common fraud, called “phishing”, sends messages that appear to be from a bank, shop or auction, giving a link to a fake website and asking you to follow that link and confirm your account details. The fraudsters then use your account details to buy stuff or transfer money out of the account. These fake [...]
Some free software passes your information on to advertisers, changes your PC or downloads other software without asking you. Some suppliers will claim that this is OK because you agreed to this. How? People often click on the “agree” button to accept 20 pages of difficult legal jargon they don’t understand. But buried in the [...]
A cyber attack known as Viper is believed to have infiltrated Iran’s oil industry computer network. “We cannot receive or send any email”, said an oil official of the Kharg oil terminal. He went on to say, it has had “no effect on the exports,” Iran is seeking retaliation against the attack.
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