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Do you (or someone you know) use the hugely popular ‘Mathway’ app?
If so, the email address and password you use with that app are now probably being sold on the dark web.
Mathway is one of the world’s most popular educational apps, and according to ZDnet and other news sources 25 million Mathway users have had their login information stolen by hackers.
The proliferation of smartphones has transformed our world in a multitude of ways, and most of them are generally for the better.
However, there is one huge downside to smartphones that keeps rearing its ugly head from time to time…
As you probably know, there are almost as many scams and hoaxes on Facebook as there are grains of sand on a beach.
Old scams and hoaxes never really go away, and new ones keep popping up all the time.
There’s an old and very irritating hoax that’s making the rounds again right now, and it’s causing quite a stir among my Facebook friends and blog readers. It works something like this… [Read more…]
Do you use the ultra-popular video conferencing service known as Zoom?
If so, you should know that the login credentials for approximately half a million Zoom users are now being actively sold, traded and even given away on the dark web.
And yours could well be among them!
By now you’re probably familiar with the terms malware and freeware, but now there’s a new term you need to be aware of: Fleeceware
That’s the name security company Sophos has assigned to a new class of malicious mobile apps.
These malicious “fleeceware” apps list themselves as “Free With In-App Purchases” on the app store’s download page.
The problem is they create a fraudulent subscription and start charging you a weekly, monthly or quarterly fee soon after you install them.
Here’s a list of known fleeceware apps that are actively stealing money from unsuspecting users: [Read more…]