Year: 2019

Outline Circulating message claims that smartphone instant messaging application WhatsApp is about to start charging users for service but th

Question from reader: I know that many people get scammed by phishing and malware. But what are the differences between these two scam types. Or

Question from Reader: I hear a lot about malware and virus threats. It seems that some articles I read call a threat ‘malware’ while

Question From Reader: I keep coming across the term ‘URL’ when reading articles online. I gather that it means a web address, but wh

Outline: Message claims that attached photographs depict a golfer whose arm was bitten off by an alligator when he attempted to retrieve his ball

Outline: Message claims that attached photographs depict a golfer whose arm was bitten off by an alligator when he attempted to retrieve his

Question From Reader: I’ve read that malware can ‘join my computer to a botnet’. But what exactly is a botnet?   (adsb

Outline Email purporting to be from Australian bank Westpac, claims that the recipient’s account has been limited due to three incorrect lo

Image: © Boarding2Now/depositphotos.com Canadian airline WestJet joins a long list of other  airlines that have been targeted in Facebook survey

Outline Email purporting to be from money wire service Western Union claims that the recipient’s account has been locked due to “mult