by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 23, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A major security defect has been discovered by Apple that if exploited would permit an identity thief to hack into the emails and other communications sent from iPhones, iPads and iPods even if they were encrypted. This is a potentially devastating flaw as users...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 22, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
You may not have heard about the massive credit card data breach that recently was uncovered in South Korea, but it is definitely worth discussing regardless of what country you live in. Fully 40% of the entire South Korean population had their credit card numbers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 21, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although it may seem like telemarketing fraud has been replaced as a source of scams and identity theft by computer-based fraud, according to the National Consumers League, more than 36% of all consumer complaints last year involved telemarketing scams and this figure...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 20, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Security company Redspin, Inc. recently released its annual report on data breaches in the healthcare industry and the results were not good. In 2013 there were 199 major breaches of hospitals, health insurers and others in the healthcare field affecting more...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 19, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) , about whom I have reported to you many times (you can go to the archives of Scamicide to see these stories) has struck again. This time its victim is Forbes.com, the website of Forbes Magazine. For those of you unfamiliar with the...
