by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 21, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
With 40 million credit and debit cards affected by the recent hacking of Target, there is a good chance that many Scamicide readers are a part of that group that includes my own wife. The hacking of Target once again shows that regardless of how careful you are, you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 19, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
If you, like my wife, shopped at any of the 1,797 Target stores in the United States between November 27th and December 15th, you may be in serious danger of identity theft if you used a credit card or a debit card. Target announced today that more than 40 million...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 18, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Computer security company Kaspersky Lab recently disclosed that it had found that hackers have been targeting the new Playstation 4 and Xbox One gaming consoles in large numbers. However, owners of these two systems are not alone. According to Kaspersky, there are...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 18, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I regularly do on Scamicide, today I am providing you with information about the latest security patches and updates for many important software programs that you use including Google Chrome, Adobe, Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 17, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In the Scam of the day of October 8, 2013 I told you about the start of the trial of John Donald Cody, a scam artist who was convicted on November 14, 2013 of operating a one hundred million dollar Navy veterans charity scam. Yesterday, Cody was sentenced to 28 years...