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 | Jul 3, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In June 7th’s Scam of the day, I wrote about how Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter account was hacked due to his apparently breaking one of the cardinal rules of online security, namely that you should have a unique password for all of your accounts. What...
by admin | Mar 30, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Sex extortion or sextortion has been around for years on the Internet with criminals tricking people into performing sexual acts online that are recorded and then used to blackmail the victims. In other cases, hackers have gained access to the webcams of women and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 23, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Last week, twenty year old Jared Abrahams was convicted of hacking the computers of at least twelve women and attempting to blackmail them. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Among the women victimized by Abrahams was Cassidy Wolf, Miss Teen USA. Abrahams...
