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Should we be hiding numbers from all outgoing calls to retailers? [closed]

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Coderxyz

I gave Argos a call to ask a quick question. I didn’t give them any information about myself or any orders, just a question about how covid will effect deliveries.
About 20 minutes later, I got a text claiming to be from Argos asking me to… Continue reading Should we be hiding numbers from all outgoing calls to retailers? [closed]→

Posted in phone

Are preview thumbnails for links a risk?

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Coderxyz

I received a message from a friend with a link. I never clicked it, but the thumbnail image shown pretended to be an image preview for a YouTube video. Some of her other friends clicked it and it took them to a fake Facebook page where it … Continue reading Are preview thumbnails for links a risk?→

Posted in facebook messenger, iPhone | Tagged Image

Is it possible for a domain to be faked?

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Coderxyz

I was talking to PayPal customer service and they were trying to tell me PayPal does not have any third parties, so when I shown them https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/ua/third-parties-list they responded to me that this is not a real … Continue reading Is it possible for a domain to be faked?→

Posted in dns, Domain | Tagged spoofing

Risk as to answering calls from numbers that that are unknown [duplicate]

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Coderxyz

Occasionally I will get a call on the phone from a number and I am not sure who it is but I will answer and not say anything until the other person speaks. I think such calls happen for everybody who has a cell phone.
I heard that answerin… Continue reading Risk as to answering calls from numbers that that are unknown [duplicate]→

Posted in malware, phone

Is paypal@mail.paypal.co.uk a legit paypal from address? [closed]

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Coderxyz

Googling paypal@mail.paypal.co.uk offers very little information, I got an email that had subject line;
my name – Final Reminder: Please check your phone number.
Seems like a security reminder but why am I getting this? I logged in through… Continue reading Is paypal@mail.paypal.co.uk a legit paypal from address? [closed]→

Posted in Paypal

Font risk in unopened email in inbox

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Coderxyz

This is obviously a not from PayPal, but the font in the word account displayed using odd looking font, is this a security risk to my that Outlook.com displayed this font? See below, Outlook has preview text enabled as default

Continue reading Font risk in unopened email in inbox→

Posted in email, font, risk

Danger of making calls after unknown random number called through

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Coderxyz

I recently received a call from a number I didn’t know to my mobile, answered it anyway. I didn’t say anything, when it is a number I don’t know I let the other person speak first.. after a few seconds line went down, tried to call back bu… Continue reading Danger of making calls after unknown random number called through→

Posted in phone, Scam

Is Lenovo’s site a risk? [closed]

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Coderxyz

So I was looking at Yoga Book and googled the term, below site came up. Legitimate Lenovo site.
https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/tablets/android-tablets/yoga-tablet/Lenovo-Yoga-Book/p/ZZITZTOYB1F
The site is full of console logs and errors, pl… Continue reading Is Lenovo’s site a risk? [closed]→

Posted in malware

Are images in the FROM name a risk in emails?

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Coderxyz

I know about images posing a risk to security. I don’t open suspicious junk emails for this reason. However, occasionally I have to check my junk email folder without clicking on an email just in case anything mistakenly went in there. I a… Continue reading Are images in the FROM name a risk in emails?→

Posted in email, tracking

What is this compromised-looking result under the google.co.uk main search result?

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Coderxyz

I noticed this where it used to say something about the search engine.
I noticed it when searching for "google".

Has Google been compromised or something? I am not going to click this link to see what it is.

Continue reading What is this compromised-looking result under the google.co.uk main search result?→

Posted in Google

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