Cybercriminals are stealing ‘ face scans to break into mobile banking accounts

by Russ Michaels | Feb 16, 2024 | Mobile, Security, Tech Stuff

Cybercriminals have set their sights on iOS users, using malware to steal face scans and gain access to Apple device users' bank accounts. This is believed to be the first of its kind in the world. A group of cybercriminals who speak Chinese, known as GoldFactory, have been distributing smartphone apps infected with trojans since June 2023. The latest version, GoldPickaxe, has been around since October. GoldPickaxe and GoldPickaxe.iOS target Android and iOS devices respectively. They trick...

Using your Phone as a SatNav could get you fined

by Russ Michaels | Sep 30, 2017 | Mobile

I am sure you are aware by now that using your mobile phone for while driving is illegal. But you may not realise that using it for sat nav directions could get you in trouble are well, I was not aware of this until today either. There’s a right way and a wrong way to go about it, and improper use might lead to points on your licence and £200 fine, and can also have serious implications for your insurance. Here are a few tips to keep your Google/Apple maps use on the right side of the law: 1....

Turn your Android into a Windows Phone

by Russ Michaels | May 3, 2016 | Windows 10, Mobile, Tech Stuff

Windows Phone has received a lot of bad publicity, and the main complaint you see from ignorant reviewers is that there is a lack of apps for windows Phones (WP). While there may be many legitimate reasons to not like WP, lack of apps is not one of them, there are currently over 500,000 apps in the WP store, and there were 300k even when I got my phone, so I would hardly call this a lack of apps. Sure there are some apps you may want that do not exist because most vendors do not bother with WP...

O2 customer service driving me insane

by Russ Michaels | Oct 2, 2015 | Jibber Jabber, Mobile

I have been a customer of O2 for many years now, my company has a business account with them, having tried out most other providers over the years, they were all truly awful when it came to customer service, and O2 seemed like the best of a bad bunch. For the most I rarely ever had to contact them, so never had much to complain about, but this all started to change back in 2013 when I started to have reasons to contact O2 customer service, and realized just how bad it was, and it seems to get...

Converting from Android to Windows Phone

by Russ Michaels | Dec 28, 2014 | Mobile, Windows 8

Until now I have always been an Android user, we have had a few android phones with my last one being a Samsung galaxy note and my wife's a Samsung galaxy s3 and It was always pretty decent OS with the first phones and even my galaxy note when I first got it with android 4.1, but since I upgraded to 4.2 everything wen't downhill. It now runs ok with nothing installed, but as soon as I install some apps, it runs like crap and I have had to install memory and battery booster apps to kill...

Mobile

Cybercriminals are stealing ‘ face scans to break into mobile banking accounts

Using your Phone as a SatNav could get you fined

Turn your Android into a Windows Phone

O2 customer service driving me insane

Converting from Android to Windows Phone

Categories

Recent Comments

For Clients

Managed Web Services

Contact

Legal Stuff

For Clients

Reviews from Google

Mobile

Cybercriminals are stealing ‘ face scans to break into mobile banking accounts

Using your Phone as a SatNav could get you fined

Turn your Android into a Windows Phone

O2 customer service driving me insane

Converting from Android to Windows Phone

Categories

Recent Comments

Tags

For Clients