by admin | Mar 25, 2018 | Scam of the day
A few days ago the travel website Orbitz announced that personal information of 880,000 of its customers who used Orbitz between January of 2016 and December of 2017 was hacked. The stolen information includes names, addresses, phone numbers dates of birth, gender and...
by admin | Mar 24, 2018 | Scam of the day
Two days ago the Justice Department indicted nine Iranians on charges related to the hacking of approximately 8,000 professors around the world including 144 American universities as well as private companies and governmental agencies. The indicted Iranians were able...
by admin | Mar 23, 2018 | Scam of the day
Ransomware is the name for malware that once installed on a computer, often unwittingly through clicking on links in spear phishing emails, encrypts and locks all of the victim’s data. The cybercriminal then threatens to destroy the data unless a bounty is...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Scam of the day
Pop-up advertisements that appear on your phone or computer are considered by many people to be merely a nuisance, but they can also, in some circumstances, present a serious threat to your well being. While often the pop-up ads may be legitimate advertisements, they...
by admin | Mar 21, 2018 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just announced that it is mailing 36,830 checks totaling more than ten million dollars to the victims of a scam perpetrated by Advanced Tech Support which also used the name Inbound Call Experts. This company used online ads to...
