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75% of top brands fall victim to fraud in Google Search Ads

Search Engine Land

Phishing scams. An example of a phishing scam ad can be seen below: When users click on what appears to be a genuine ad, they are directed through a series of hidden redirects without the user’s knowledge. Over a 90-day period, researchers detected persistent phishing scams on 20 brands from a group of six advertising accounts.

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Phishing scams in Google Ads led searchers to fake crypto wallets

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Those who were duped lost over half a million dollars by cryptocurrency scammers. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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What is Cybersecurity? Your Guide to Digital Defense

Salesforce

In fact, the three primary ways in which cybercriminals can access an organization are stolen credentials, phishing, and exploitation of vulnerabilities. While threats can indeed stem from cunning con artists, they also come from inadvertent employee errors.

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Phishing scams in Google Ads led searchers to fake crypto wallets

Search Engine Land

Those who were duped lost over half a million dollars by cryptocurrency scammers. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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What Is DKIM and How Can It Boost Your Email Security?

G2

Have you ever received an email from a trusted source that turned out to be a malicious phishing scam? It's like getting a letter that looks like it's from your bank, but it's a clever forgery trying to dupe you into giving up your personal information. That's where DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) comes in.

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New Google Merchant Center policy: AI-generated reviews are spam

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Malware & Phishing : Don’t submit reviews containing links to malware, viruses, or other harmful software. We don’t allow phishing or other content that harms or interferes with the operation of the networks, servers, or other infrastructure of Google or others. This content is not allowed.

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Does your small business need cyber insurance?

Sales Pop!

Phishing Attack. In a phishing attack, the hacker pretends to be someone you know or from a trusted organization. In addition to weak passwords, criminals can use employees to break into your business by using phishing schemes and trying to trick employees into sharing information and essentially ushering them into your website.

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