by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 26, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Over the past weekend, Sony’s PlayStation Network was hacked and taken offline by a group of hackers identified as Lizard Squad. The PlayStation Network is used by 53 million gamers around the world to play games with other people in a virtual environment. The...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 25, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In my Scam of the Day for August 1, 2014 I first warned you about the danger of the malware referred to as “Backoff” as described in a warning issued by the Department of Homeland Security on July 31st. Backoff is the name of a type of malware that is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 24, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
According to the old saying, “no good deed goes unpunished” and this phrase could apply to the ALS Bucket Challenge, which has been taking the country by storm. As everyone knows by now, people are dousing themselves with buckets of icy water as part of a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 23, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Constant updating of the software we all use with the latest security patches and updates is a critical part of avoiding scams and identity theft threats. Whenever new security updates and patches are issued, we provide access to these so that you can update your...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 21, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
United Parcel Service (UPS) has just announced that 51 of its franchised UPS stores in 24 states were hacked by identity thieves using a malware referred to as “Backoff” which was used to infiltrate remote desktop software such as Microsoft’s Remote...
