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‘Help! I need money. It’s an emergency’: your child’s voicemail that could be a scam

Artificial Intelligence, Consumer affairs, Cybercrime, Money, Scams, Technology, UK news

Steps to help combat fraud in which criminals use AI-generated replica of a person’s voice to deceive victimsThe voicemail from your son is alarming. He has just been in a car accident and is highly stressed. He needs money urgently, although it is not clear why, and he gives you some bank details for a […]

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Don’t use ‘admin’: UK’s top 20 most-used passwords revealed as scams soar

Artificial Intelligence, Computing, Consumer affairs, Cybercrime, Internet, Money, Scams, Technology, UK news

Easy-to-guess words and figures still dominate, alarming cysbersecurity experts and delighting hackersIt is a hacker’s dream. Even in the face of repeated warnings to protect online accounts, a new study reveals that “admin” is the most commonly used password in the UK.The second most popular, “123456”, is also unlikely to keep hackers at bay. Continue

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