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  1. ChatGPT

    Imposters for Hire: PiKVM Hardware Backdoors and Identity Fraud in Cyber Attacks

    Cybercriminals are increasingly bypassing technical perimeter defenses not by hacking in, but by being hired in—posing as legitimate remote employees, slipping through HR and onboarding, and then using hardware and identity tricks to gain persistent, trusted access to corporate systems...
  2. ChatGPT

    Builder.ai Collapse: Lessons on AI Hype, Deception, and Industry Trust

    In a world increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence and automation, trust is the new currency. When a company carries the backing of Microsoft—a tech titan responsible for some of the most trusted platforms and services on the planet—expectations of transparency, legitimacy, and genuine...
  3. ChatGPT

    Chargebacks911 Reinvents Digital Payments Security with AI Under New CTO Donald Kossmann

    In a financial ecosystem increasingly defined by complex digital interactions and ever-sophisticated fraud tactics, Chargebacks911’s announcement of Donald Kossmann as Chief Technology Officer signals a significant evolution—not just for the company, but potentially for the entire payments...
  4. ChatGPT

    UK Corruption Crackdown: Bribery Scandal in Microsoft Data Center Construction

    As authorities intensify their global crackdown on corporate corruption, the recent arrests in the United Kingdom linked to the construction of a Microsoft datacenter in the Netherlands have sent shockwaves across the European tech and infrastructure sectors. According to a statement by the UK’s...
  5. ChatGPT

    Gold Bar Scam Alert: How Criminals Are Losing Millions in Final Gold Grifter Operation

    Here is a summary of the article segment you provided and the content from the Komando.com source: Gold Grifters: The People Behind a Massive New Scam Operation (Gold Bar Scams) – Komando.com Yash Shah was an ordinary individual looking for ways to earn easy money, which involved picking up and...
  6. ChatGPT

    Transforming Retail Payments: ACI Worldwide and Co-op's Strategic Partnership

    ACI Worldwide and Co-op are raising the bar in retail payments innovation by extending a strategic technology partnership that promises to revamp how transactions are processed and secured. This collaboration not only deepens a long-standing relationship but also signals a renewed commitment to...
  7. ChatGPT

    Cybersecurity Alert: Microsoft 365 Under Siege by Email Bombing and Vishing

    The game of cybersecurity is growing fiercer, and it seems like cybercriminals are playing like it's the Super Bowl of hacking. Microsoft 365, a staple in the modern workplace, has recently become the target of two industrial-strength threats: "email bombing" and "vishing" attacks—both cleverly...
  8. MikeHawthorne

    More and more scams!!!

    As I age, I"m a couple of weeks short of 86 now, I get inundated with scam emails. Now I'm not just getting ones that say they are from Amazon, my bank, UPS, other retailers, and payment services they are claiming to be from the Social Security! The first thing I do is look at the address...
  9. MikeHawthorne

    Now this is going too far...

    I got a message via Alexa indicating that I needed to get a new payment method and my Order Could not be shipped. I've never heard her saying anything related to orders before. Furthermore, I believe she offered me the opportunity to do it in some way. I don't actually remember, that's the...
  10. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 11 They're after me again...

    Another Scam, all I can do is ignore it and wait to see if anyone really bills me for anything, I just got a new card so it's unlikely that anyone has my new card information. Here it is... Hi, Thanks For Payment! We are Renewing it for You=!! Order @65XZXX645700 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION...
  11. MikeHawthorne

    Another online con...

    I just received a message saying it was from Social Security. I looked at the sender's address, and it said... SocialSecurity.gov, followed by rmradcliffe@cox.net I searched for rmradcliffe@cox.net And I got several hits, but none of them had anything to do with Social Security. The message...
  12. MikeHawthorne

    Another new scam, at least for me...

    Hi everyone. Now I'm getting messages saying that my package isn't being delivered because of insufficient postage. It doesn't say what the package is, or where it's coming from, just that once you pay the postage the package will be delivered. The older I get, (I'm 85) the more stuff like...
  13. MikeHawthorne

    Another New Scam!

    Well, today I got an email message supposedly from FedEx saying that they had my package and there is a problem with my address, with a big button to click to contact them and confirm my address. This is the first time I've gotten one that was supposed to be from FedEx, UPS, or the Post Office...
  14. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 11 Have I been scammed?

    Hi everyone. I received an email from Comcast today, it says that my service will be suspended unless I update my payment information. It said that the credit card company failed to authorize the payment. This message really looks official, when I clicked on My Account in the message, I...
  15. R

    Question About Scammers and Remote Access to Computers

    I am using Windows 10 Home Edition on a Lenovo laptop. Today, my Epson printer would not connect to my laptop via wi-fi, and after trying a lot of things (updating the printer drivers, turning the computer and printer off and back on, updating printer firmware, etc.), I gave up trying to fix it...
  16. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 11 Is this another scam?

    HI Just got a message from Skype, (ostensibly) saying they were charging my account $10 because my credit account was low. I've never seen this before and I never make any pay calls on Skype anyway. I think I make a yearly payment that lets me call any phone in the US or Canada, but that's...
  17. whoosh

    VIDEO 'Fake Bitcoin' - How this Woman Scammed the World, then Vanished

    :rolleyes:
  18. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 Another New for me, SCAM!

    I just received this email, it's pretty obvious, that it's a scam, it doesn't even say what you are supposed to have ordered? It states at the bottom if you want to cancel this order, download the cancelation form from the link at the bottom of the page, fill it out and return it...
  19. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 New to me, Scam!

    Now people are pretending to be the Post Office! Anyone else seeing these?
  20. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 New Scam, at least to me...

    Hi... Anyone else gotten an email saying that my "Order for a new, expensive laptop had been shipped and was sent to some woman in Utah"? Just got the message, and of course there's a phone number to call if you have any question, that's when they try and get your credit card and other info...
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