by admin | Jun 17, 2025 | Business, cybersecurity, laptop, News, Security News, smartphone, The Conversation
Next time you’re working in a coffee shop or similar public space, take a moment to look around at your “co-workers” for the day, busy, like you are, with laptops, cellphones and tablets. How many of those devices belong to the organisations that employ them? Or are... by admin | Apr 25, 2025 | App News, Google, Google Messages, News, nudes, privacy, Security, Security News, Sensitive Content Warnings
We can’t think of much worse than receiving unsolicited images from someone named Richard with the exposure turned all the way up, other than, perhaps, receiving those same images on Google Messages. If you fall into the billion or so users who supposedly use Google... by admin | Feb 26, 2025 | App News, Gmail, Google, multi-factor authentication, News, Security, Security News, SMS authentication
Are you still using SMS-based two-factor authentication for your Gmail account? Firstly, why? And secondly, you’ll want to change that soon(ish) as Gmail is about to end support for the least secure of all the multi-factor authentication methods. The American email... by admin | Dec 2, 2024 | Business News, donation fraud, fraud, Fraud Prevention, hacking scams, News, online scammers, phishing scams, romance scams, Security News, Sponsored Post, Standard Bank, task scams, vehicle scams, vishing scams
Fraud comes in all shapes and sizes, but no matter how it looks, the goal is the same, to outsmart you. Whether it’s through emotional manipulation or sophisticated digital schemes, scammers are always on the lookout for their next victim. One of the most common traps... by admin | Nov 30, 2024 | Business News, donation fraud, fraud, Fraud Prevention, hacking scams, News, online scammers, phishing scams, romance scams, Security News, Sponsored Post, Standard Bank, task scams, vehicle scams, vishing scams
Think of fraud as the mischievous villain in a story, ready to pull the wool over your eyes at any moment. It takes many forms, from romance scams that tug at your heartstrings to vehicle scams featuring fake listings for cars that don’t even exist. Imagine falling... by admin | Nov 27, 2024 | fraud, Fraud Prevention, News, podcast, Podcasts & Videos, Security News, Standard Bank, Toby Shapshak
How fairy tales can teach us about cybersecurity As scammers lean into the psychology of human nature to scare or shame people into giving up security information, Standard Bank is using another form of psychology to upskill people to avoid phishing and fishing: good,...