by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In February, cybercriminals hacked into Bangladesh’s Central Bank and managed to steal approximately 81 million dollars. As a result of this attack, SWIFT, which is a cooperative association of member banks that provides an international messaging system for...
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
ATM robbery is increasing dramatically. According to FICO Card Alert Service, a company that monitors ATM activity for banks, ATM skimming attacks increased by 546% from 2014 to 2015 and this trend shows no indication of slowing down in 2016. Skimmers are small...
by admin | Aug 29, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
This past Spring, the computer of the crew chief of the NASCAR Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing (CSLFR) team was infected with ransomware. Ransomware, as regular readers of Scamicide know is malware that gets unwittingly downloaded on to a person’s or...
by admin | Aug 29, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Lottery scams are among the most prevalent scams year after year and with good reason. Often blinded by their greed, many people fall for these scams and end up paying thousands of dollars to scammers and receive nothing in return. Generally, there are two ways that...
by admin | Aug 28, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Two years ago, I first told you about the arrest of Russian hacker Roman Seleznev who this week was convicted of hacking into small businesses accross the United States including many pizza parlors, stealing credit card information and selling it on the Dark Web to...
