[ad_1] – Advertisement – Saint Lucia police have warned citizens to beware of internet car sales scams in which criminals target unwary individuals. The criminals offer vehicles for sale, invite buyers to a rendezvous to obtain the item, and have held up and robbed the unfortunate victims in several instances….
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Four scams to watch out for when visiting Lagos computer village | #socialmedia | #education | #technology | #infosec
[ad_1] Are you familiar with the unpopular saying, “Lagos is not for the weak.”? To survive in Lagos, you have to be bold, ambitious, and most importantly, street-smart. Only when you possess these characteristics can you survive in a city where random strangers yell at you for no reason, and…
Simple Tips for Being More Secure Online | #itsecurity | #infosec | #education | #technology | #infosec
[ad_1] Online security is for everyone. Information about your life is spread across dozens, even hundreds, of services—where you shop, communicate, share information, and store files. Losing control of your digital identity can have real consequences, including embarrassing losses of privacy, devastating financial blows, and risks to personal safety. And…
Hispanic vaccination rates remain low in Idaho, Colorado | #socialmedia | #education | #technology | #infosec
[ad_1] News Brief A recent Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found Hispanic vaccination rates were only 42% in Idaho and Colorado: tying for the second lowest rate in the country, above only South Dakota. This doesn’t surprise Sam Byrd, director of the Center for Community and Justice in Idaho. He said…
When the science AI learns is dangerous | #itsecurity | #infosec | #education | #technology | #infosec
[ad_1] One big hope about AI as machine learning improves is that we’ll be able to use it for drug discovery — harnessing the pattern-matching power of algorithms to identify promising drug candidates much faster and more cheaply than human scientists could alone. But we may want to tread cautiously:…
Telstra switches on scam SMS filter to protect you from scammers | #itsecurity | #infosec | #education | #technology | #infosec
[ad_1] Credit: Dreamstime: Tero Vesalainen If you use SMS messaging, there’s every chance that at some stage you’ve received scam messages from nefarious sources trying to dupe you into revealing your financial information. Suffice to say, these messages have proven very difficult to avoid. But now Telstra has switched on…
TSA’s Terrorist Watch List Comes for Amtrak Passengers | #computerhacking | #hacking | #education | #technology | #infosec
[ad_1] As Russia’s war continues in Ukraine, the Biden White House has been scrambling to use every tool at its disposal in countering, or ideally preempting, Kremlin-backed cyberattacks. But as the physical carnage continues, WIRED took a look at the destructive toll of explosives and how blast trauma really works….
Accounts deceivable: Email scam costliest type of cybercrime | #malware | #ransomware | #education | #technology | #infosec
[ad_1] RICHMOND, Va. — A shopping spree in Beverly Hills, a luxury vacation in Mexico, a bank account that jumped from $299.77 to $1.4 million overnight. From the outside, it looked like Moe and Kateryna Abourched had won the lottery. But this big payday didn’t come from lucky numbers. Rather,…
Remote Senior .NET Application Engineer (💰~$130k, United States) at Codelitt | #education | #technology | #techjobs
[ad_1] Codelitt helps companies build new products and solve their most pressing problems with the speed, technology, and innovation of a startup. We are passionate about improving the lives of our users through the products we build. About the role! We are looking for a Senior Backend Application Engineer with in-depth…
Stafford police investigating possible $200,000 phishing scam | Crime News | #phishing | #scams | #education | #technology | #infosec
[ad_1] The Stafford Sheriff’s Office is investigating a case in which more than $200,000 was pilfered from a county man, court records state. According to an affidavit for a search warrant filed by Detective B.A. Talbot in Stafford Circuit Court, the Aquia Harbour Police Department was notified last month about…