by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 28, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In my Scam of the day for February 23rd I warned you about the major security defect that had just been identified in programs operating iPhones, iPads and Ipods that if left unpatched would permit identity thieves to steal all of the information they would need to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 27, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s Scam of the day comes right from my email and I am sure that it has appeared in the email boxes of many of you. Although it may appear that the Nigerian email scam began in the era of the Internet, the basis of the scam actually goes back to 1588 when...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 26, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In the Scam of the day of February 18th I warned you about a serious, recently discovered flaw in Internet Explorer 10. It turns out that this flaw is also present in Internet Explorer 9, as well. A full patch has still not been issued by Microsoft, the maker of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 25, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although the name of Bulgarian Aleksi Kolarov is probably not familiar to you, it probably should be. Last Friday, he was convicted of identity theft in federal court in New Jersey. For years, Kolarov was one of the leaders and operators of the website...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 24, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A few days ago the University of Maryland disclosed that personal information of more than 300,000 students, faculty and other university employees connected with the university since 1998 was stolen by computer hackers. In a statement disclosing the data theft, the...
