Facebook Ads – Beware Of Bargain Clothes Shops!
Seen an ad on Facebook for amazing items of clothing? Stuff that you just don’t find in the shops? Well, if these bargains seem too good to be true, they almost always are.
Coronavirus text scams UK
A genuine text message about coronavirus has been sent from the UK government to all mobile phones. Beware of COVID-19 scam texts however, that want to defraud the unwary during this time of crisis.
Want to avoid a Ransomware attack? Then beef up your passwords people!
Want to avoid a Ransomware attack? Then beef up your passwords.
It’s scary to know that people are STILL using passwords as weak as ‘12345’, but apparently they are. Why, just why would you do that?
Has your email address been hacked?
In January 2019, a massive data breach of 773 million unique email addresses, alongside passwords, was found on a popular hacking forum. These had been gleaned from sites that had been hacked in the past.
The importance of choosing a good username
Since yesterday a M35 Web Design client website has been subject to a ‘brute force attack’ by a hacker. A brute force attack is an attempt by a hacker to crack passwords, usernames or find hidden web pages, using a trial and error approach.
The hacker is a ‘bot’ (computer), whose sole purpose is to login to a website and cause havoc in whatever way it can. This particular bot is located in Vietnam and has been trying to login to my client’s site since yesterday afternoon, attacking roughly every six minutes.
As I write this it’s still trying to find a way in.
Beware of banking text message scam (Smishing)
Scammers are sending out text messages that appear to be from your bank, with the goal being to trick you into giving away your personal banking information. This is known as Smishing, which is short for ‘SMS phishing’, and relates to any attempt to defraud you via a text message.
Local News
- Bournemouth crown and county courts are closed for the day January 19, 2021
- Coronavirus: 13 more deaths confirmed in Dorset hospitals January 19, 2021
- Woman first to be banned for drink driving on e-scooter January 19, 2021
- Topshop owner Arcadia to shut 31 stores with 714 job losses January 19, 2021
- Runner is bitten by a dog on Turbary Common in Bournemouth January 19, 2021
- HSBC in Winton to close for good this summer January 19, 2021