A hoax telling people to copy and paste a copyright notice on Facebook has been making the rounds since 2012. Can we make it go away? Please!
Tag: hoax
AI generated Pentagon explosion photograph goes viral on Twitter
Twitter’s recent changes to checkmark verification continue to cause chaos, this time in the realm of potentially dangerous misinformation. A checkmarked…
Avoid this “lost injured dog” Facebook hoax
Facebook users are advised to be wary of posts involving injured dogs receiving treatment at a vet surgery, or pets sitting…
Is AI being used for virtual kidnapping scams?
You may have seen a worrying report of Artificial Intelligence (AI) being used in a virtual kidnapping scam. The AI was…
“Baby dumped at the gate” post is a Facebook hoax
Every so often, bizarre but oddly believable scams do the rounds on Facebook. And so we have the latest: A tragic tale…
Don’t share the WhatsApp ‘Martinelli’ phone hacking alert: It’s a hoax
Everyone loves a good campfire story prone to exaggeration. However, when told online it’s not quite got the same effect. Long…
Ransomwater confusion, does the criminal know who the victim is?
When we say that attribution is always tricky, we are obviously only seeing the half of it. Apparently sometimes even the…
Explained: like-farming
Like-farming, aka like-harvesting, is a method used by commercial parties and scammers alike to raise the popularity of a site or…
A week in security (Oct 16 – Oct 22)
Last week, we made two announcements: first, Malwarebytes teams up with the Breast Cancer Fund for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and, second, Malwarebytes…
Facebook will make all posts public. Not!
Late last week, Facebook users may have been seeing some of their contacts posting something like this: …Better to be safe…