News Bites

What’s the best way to stay safe online? What should you watch out for? How can you stop cyberattackers from stealing your money and important passwords? Cyber Giraffe teams up with our news partner, Ampyx News, to show what’s happening in the digital world, how it impacts you, and what you can do to protect yourself and your family.

 
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Cyber crooks are hacking the lights and heating

Feeling a bit chilly at the office? Researchers say cyber crooks are taking over smart devices that control lights, heating, door locks, and other services in office buildings. They've hit at least 20 buildings so far.

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Attackers are ganging up on you in your email

Attackers are trying a sneaky trick with group emails. They send you an email with several people cc’d. But those people are also cyber crooks! They all jump in to try to coax you into clicking on a poisonous attachment. Here’s how it works.

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Ticket scammers stalk your comments on social media

Your comments on social media can send out a signal to scammers, letting them know you are vulnerable to attack. Criminals are searching online for someone they can social engineer, or manipulate, into giving them what they want. And they’ve learned that people looking for concert tickets can be easy marks.

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Cyber crooks use fake security step to trip you up

You’ve seen a CAPTCHA, where you have to select all the pictures of bicycles or bridges to get into a site or account. Attackers are using fake security steps to try to trip you up. Here’s what to look for.

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Scammers steal people's video to sell fake products

Is someone using video of you for fraud? Scammers are grabbing people’s videos to turn into ads for fake products. Here’s how they’re doing it with a bogus device that claims to slash your electricity bills, supposedly endorsed by Elon Musk and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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What can ransomware do to your water?

Can cyber criminals attack the water you drink by hacking the water plant with ransomware? We take a look at an attack that stirred up questions at water utilities around the globe.

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Four ways to detect a deepfake voice

Now, creating a deepfake voice is as easy as downloading an app on your phone or software on your laptop. What can you do to detect a voice deepfake before you lose money to audio tricksters? Here are four ways to uncover a voice fake.

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Three ways to spot a deepfake video

In times of war and world conflict, you need to be able to spot deepfakes --- computer-generated people --- before they manipulate you. Here are three ways to do it.

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