ProtectMyID: True. It’s illegal to play a foreign lottery. Don’t be tempted by messages claiming you’ve already won. These are scams. #besmart #truesday View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Don’t reply to unsolicited email messages (spam)
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Firefox for Android and SMS messages? A dangerous mix
Concerns are raised over the beta version of Firefox for Android, after it demands that users allow it to access your smartphone’s ability to send and receive SMS messages. Could such a permission be a security threat for the future? View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full…
ProtectMyID: New vocab: SMiShing describes identity theft attempts via SMS text messages. Be suspicious of text messages claiming to be from your bank.
ProtectMyID: New vocab: SMiShing describes identity theft attempts via SMS text messages. Be suspicious of text messages claiming to be from your bank. View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Government wants to track all phone calls, emails and text messages
The UK Government will require ISP, phone and mobile companies to store details of all subscriber phone calls, emails, texts and websites visited for a year under plans designed to aid the police and intelligence services. According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, the new Communications Capabilities Development Programme…
Syria Blocks Protesters’ Text Messages Containing Sensitive Terms
Like us on Facebook By narrowing down modes of communications with filters, the government has effectively minimized protesters’ ability to organize and fuel dissent. However, AdaptiveMobile has denied any involvement in the human rights violations carried out using its equipments. In a statement to TheJournal.ie, AdaptiveMobile refuted the Bloomberg report…
Chicago school attacks drugs by checking students’ text messages
Chattanooga Times Free Press CHICAGO — An Illinois high school is cracking down on campus drug sales by confiscating the cellphones of student suspects and using their text messages to identify others, an investigative technique that has raised questions among some legal experts and unnerved students who said they assumed…
Don’t use e-mail to send private messages
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Don’t Trust Links Sent in Email Messages
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Man Receives Costly Spam Text Messages
The next time you get a spam text message on your cellphone, take a closer look. View full post on cellphone security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security