by admin | Apr 15, 2018 | Scam of the day
Last week George Garofano pleaded guilty to computer fraud related to the hacking of 250 iCloud accounts including those of many celebrities, among them Jennifer Lawrence and Kirsten Dunst. Garofano becomes the fourth person to plead guilty to this crime, joining...
by admin | Apr 15, 2018 | Scam of the day
I first reported to you about a massive data breach at Uber in a Scam of the day in November of 2017. Unfortunately, the data breach had actually occurred in 2016 and Uber did not disclose that it had suffered the data breach until 2017. Personal information”...
by admin | Apr 13, 2018 | Scam of the day
In the nine and a half years since Ponzi scammer Bernie Madoff was exposed as having swindled unsuspecting investors out of approximately 17 billion dollars, Irving Picard, the court appointed trustee charged with recapturing funds from people who profited from...
by admin | Apr 12, 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 | Apr 11, 2018 | Scam of the day
Last week the Delaware Attorney General issued a warning about scams involved with vacation rental properties. While it is still early April, many people will be renting a vacation home in the days and weeks ahead in order to get a high demand rental at the beach,...
