by admin | Jan 13, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although it may seem as if this scam only began in earnest with the invention of email, in fact, the Nigerian email scam of today is just a variation of a scam that is more than four hundred years old when it was called “the Spanish Prisoner con. At that time,...
by admin | Jan 12, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General have sued the marketers of Prevagen, a dietary supplement touted in television advertisements as being able to dramatically improve the memory of people taking the supplement that sold for as much as $68...
by admin | Jan 11, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Earlier this week the FDA issued a warning that various implantable cardiac devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators made by St. Jude Medical are vulnerable to being hacked. This is not surprising since anything that is a part of the Internet of Things carries...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In yesterday’s Scam of the day I told you about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) legal action against D-Link in regard to security problems with their routers and IP cameras. While IP cameras are somewhat different from Webcams, it is important to...
by admin | Jan 9, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many of us give little thought to our routers, however, if you are reading this online, you have a router. A router is a networking device that is used to transfer data between your computer and the Internet. Unfortunately, unless proper security precautions are...
