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At Best Startup Texas we track over 100,000 Texan startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Using QuickBooks to Make a Quick Buck QuickBooks is a popular accounting software that offers free accounts to its users. While many individuals and organizations use QuickBooks to track their finances, cybercriminals have been using it to run a...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Malicious Multi-Vector Attacks You probably know that cybercriminals can use malicious emails and phone calls to steal your sensitive information. But did you know that cybercriminals can use multiple attack vectors simultaneously to make their attacks even more...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: What’s Up with WhatsApp Scams? WhatsApp is an application that allows you to message and call your friends and family worldwide. However, due to a new scam, the next WhatsApp message you receive may come from a cybercriminal instead of a trusted contact. To...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Prime Time for Amazon Prime Day Scams Amazon Prime Day 2022 is approaching, which means that you might be expecting some Amazon deliveries soon. While you may use Prime Day for awesome deals, cybercriminals use Prime Day for awful scams.  Cybercriminals may...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: How Cybercriminals Are Using Monkeypox to Their Advantage During the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals used health concerns as easy and effective phishing bait. Now, they’re using the recent monkeypox outbreak to continue to prey on your emotions and steal...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Watch Out for Phishy Facebook Messages In a new scam, cybercriminals have been using compromised Facebook accounts to send links to fake login pages. This scam is gaining popularity, with over eight million people viewing just one of the phishing pages so far...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Your Next Notification Could Be a “Smishal” Delivery! UK residents are targets of a recent smishing (SMS Phishing) scam. In this scam, cybercriminals impersonate the home delivery company, Evri through fake failed delivery text messages that include a link to...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Cybercriminals Use SEO to Target Your Online Search Results Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a technique that helps websites appear more often in search engine results, and rank higher than other websites. Legitimate websites use SEO such as easy-to-remember...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Sophisticated Spear Phishing Last month, researchers at Fortinet observed a sophisticated phishing email sent to a Hungarian diplomat. In the email, cybercriminals disguised themselves by using the first and last name of an employee in the diplomat’s IT...