by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 18, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although the theft actually goes back to 2009, it was only now that the Department of Justice unsealed indictments made by a federal grand jury in 2012 in which nine people including six Ukrainians and a Russian were charged with using malware to steal passwords,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 28, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
This past weekend, Chuck Rubin, the CEO of Michaels, the country’s biggest arts and crafts stores issued the following statement: “We are concerned there may have been a data security attack on Michaels that may have affected our customers’ payment...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 11, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although, America Online (AOL) has decreased in popularity somewhat in recent years, about 2.5 million people still use it and with numbers that high, AOL users are a large target for scammers and identity thieves. A recent scam that has surfaced is an email that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 6, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
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by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 28, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many of you may be wondering why I have been writing about the Target hacking so often recently. Certainly it is true that 40 million people are affected by the Target scam and the more information that I can provide to those people, the better they will be, but even...
