What are remote access scams and what should you look out for to avoid falling victim to one yourself?
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Beware text message scams
In April, Android users were attacked by a new viral threat that swept the UK and infected phones by the thousand. Called FluBot, it spread by sending phishing messages via SMS texts.
The human-actionable defences against phishing that we take for granted on a desktop aren’t available on a mobile.
FlixOnline offered two months’ free Netflix access for free, but it was fake app harbouring malware that takes control of the victim’s Android phone.
It takes a thief to catch a thief, they say. So what can a thief teach us about BEC (Business Email Compromise), one of the most difficult to combat forms of computer theft?
Annoying pop-ups on your phone? Scam texts? Phone acting strangely? If so, it may be that one of your apps is working against you.