Payroll fraud is a serious threat to small businesses, with losses estimated at $7 billion annually, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Even more concerning is that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are more vulnerable to these...
Tech support scams have been around for years, tricking people into paying for fake IT support or giving remote access to scammers. But now, cybercriminals are shifting their focus to small businesses. Why? Because many small business owners don't have an in-house IT...
North American drivers are continuing to be barraged by waves of scam text messages, telling them that they owe money on unpaid tolls. Last month we described on Hot for Security how US authorities had issued a warning about SMS phishing attacks from scammers posing...
UK authorities have demanded Apple provide them with what is essentially a backdoor to the cloud data stored by users worldwide, which in turn would give them unfettered access to everything users store in the cloud, no matter their location. For a couple of years...
Valentine’s Day is a very popular holiday and a major shopping event early in the year. So much so, that projections from the National Retail Federation estimate consumer spending could reach $27.5 billion. However, scammers are also out in full force to exploit those...
Ukraine law enforcement has warned citizens that Russian intelligence is actively recruiting Ukrainians for terrorist attacks via messaging apps and forums. Russian intelligence uses messaging apps as recruiting platforms A surge in terrorist attacks against postal...
