The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) is setting up an SMS Sender ID Registry to identify legitimate organisations in order to help cut down on text message scams. The SMS Sender ...

In episode 403 of “Smashing Security” we dive into the mystery of $65 million vanishing from Coinbase users faster than J-Lo slipped ... and Carole takes a curious look at QR codes. All this and more ...

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This week we have an FBI warning about phone scams targeting Android and iPhone users alike. If you don’t know what a QR code is, it is a square block made up of much smaller pixels, each filling up ...

ForbesApple’s ‘Emergency’ Warning—Do This To Encrypt Your iCloud NowBy Zak Doffman If you have received a text warning you owe money for unpaid road tolls, “it’s probably a scam ...

Often when scam victims have their savings stolen there is a focus on the financial fallout – but it goes well beyond that, creating a crisis in all aspects of their life, as they fall for ...

City council bosses have warned the people of Sunderland to watch out for "scam" QR codes on parking payment machines - after fraudsters targeted two in the city. City Hall bosses said one driver ...

A young tradie who lost his 'entire life savings' to an online scam has warned others to not fall for the same trick. Furkan Colak, 26, received a convincing text last August, which appeared to ...

When scanned, these codes prompt people to enter their information onto websites which may mimic those of genuine payment providers. Warnings about this scam have been issued in other parts of the ...