by admin | Dec 27, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In May 19th’s Scam of the day I first told you about settlements reached by The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with wireless service providers Sprint and Verizon Wireless regarding allegations by the CFPB that both companies were guilty of cramming....
by admin | Dec 25, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Oracle, the maker of Java software have come to a settlement of charges brought by the FTC against Oracle that alleged that Oracle deceived its customers about security updates to Java. Java is a popular software program used...
by admin | Dec 25, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I reported to you this past August, five Americans and four Ukrainians were indicted in the largest hacking and securities fraud enterprise in American history. The nine defendants are made up of rogue stock traders including hedge fund manager and former Morgan...
by admin | Dec 24, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Millions of people still use AOL. One reason is that you get greater privacy as to your email when compared to some other email carriers. Due to its popularity, scammers and identity thieves often send out phishing emails that appear to come from AOL, such as the one...
by admin | Dec 23, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Just in time for Christmas, security researcher Chris Vickery announced that he had discovered evidence of a data breach of more than 3.3 million accounts at Sanrio, the Japanese company that operates the Hello Kitty brand which includes numerous products and online...