by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 6, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Millions of people still use AOL and so scammers and identity thieves often send out phishing emails that appear to come from AOL, such as the one reproduced below. The logo and format of this particular email that is presently circulating is quite poor. Compare it...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 5, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Cramming is the name for putting unauthorized third party charges on to a consumer’s telephone bill without the knowledge or approval of the consumer. This has long been a problem with landline phones and recently has become a major problem with cellular...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 5, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Butler University has become the latest school to disclose that their computers had been hacked and personal information including Social Security numbers of 163,000 students, faculty, staff, former students and even people who merely applied to the school was...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 3, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services disclosed that it had suffered a data breach in which personal information of 1.3 million people was stolen by hackers. The state of Montana is offering free credit monitoring and identity theft...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 2, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Cybersecurity security company, Symantec has uncovered a vast hacking of hundreds of oil and gas companies in the United States, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey and Poland. The hacking appears to be the work of a group of Russian hackers referred to by Symantec...
