Watch out for warnings about storage full on your phone
The Guardian o line newspaper currently has an alert because people with iPhones are being attacked. There is a fake alert warning that your storage is fil, but if you click, it will encrypt your device.
‘Your photos will be deleted’: Apple users warned over ‘nasty’ iCloud storage scam | Scams | The Guardian
Holiday Season is coming up – watch out for data breaches
Booking..com announced on 13th April that they had a data breach allowing access to reservation information by third parties.
As the holiday season comes around – watch out for unusual activities on all of your booking sites.
The key signs are:
Urgency – Click NOW
Your reservation is about to be cancelled, click her to contact.
The thieves use urgency and fact changing o make you less confident and encourage you to act without thinking.
Be cautious.
According to UK’s Action Fraud, across 36 months to 2026 , the UK has lost £350k just to Booking scams. This is affecting individuals rather than businesses.
See the guardians report here. ‘Your reservation is at risk’: beware the Booking.com scam | Consumer affairs | The Guardian
Interestingly they point out that the Heimdal DNS filtering will block the attack if you have it installed. Contact us if you are unsure.
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