by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 31, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
By now you are probably aware of the recent hacking of the website of the New York Times. A hacking group known as the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) who are vocal supporters of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad, managed to take over control of the New York...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 30, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Facebook has long been fertile ground for scammers and identity thieves and there is a good reason for this. The sheer number of people on Facebook provides a great opportunity for scammers and identity thieves. The high level of trust that people have for...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 28, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today, as I regularly do, I am providing you with links to important security advisories and security patches for users of Cisco software. Vulnerabilities have been discovered in some Cisco software programs that, if left unpatched, could be exploited by hackers and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 28, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Lottery scams are one of the most effective scams. Forgetting that it is hard enough to win a lottery that you have entered and impossible to win one that you have not entered, many people are victimized each year by phony lotteries. The basis for the scam is pretty...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 27, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Throughout the years that I have written Scamicide there have been a number of natural disasters including the Japanese Tsunami and Hurricane Sandy. Recently there have been horribly destructive forest fires through much of the Western United States claiming the homes...
