by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 16, 2023 | Scam of the day
Remote access scams are increasing and when a scammer posing as your bank lures you into providing remote access to your bank account, the result can be disastrous. In one instance, the scam started with a phone call from a scammer posing as an employee of Avast, a...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 15, 2023 | Scam of the day
The FBI recently issued a warning about scammers posing as NFT developers in order to perpetrate cryptocurrency theft. NFT stands for Non-Fungible Tokens which are assets that have been tokenized on a blockchain to make them unique. Many NFTs involve digital art and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 14, 2023 | Scam of the day
It is always important to update all of the software you use with the latest security updates and patches as soon as they are available. Numerous hacks and data breaches could have been avoided if individuals as well as companies installed security updates as soon as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 13, 2023 | Scam of the day
Recently the accounting firm Ernst & Young disclosed that it had suffered a data breach affecting 30,210 customers of Bank of America for whom Ernst & Young had been doing accounting. The personal information stolen was quite extensive and included names,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 12, 2023 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued Celsius Network LLC for cryptocurrency related scams. According to the FTC, Celsius lured people through YouTube videos and Twitter (can’t get used to X) that falsely claimed its cryptocurrency investments were safer...
