by admin | Apr 30, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In June of 2014 I first reported to you about a data breach at P.F. Chang’s China Bistro a major restaurant chain. A large number of credit cards and debit cards used at P.F.Chang’s restaurants between March 2014 and May 19, 2014 were compromised. A...
by admin | Apr 12, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many of you may remember that the apparent deadline for credit card companies to issue new EMV chip credit cards to replace the old style magnetic strip credit cards and for merchants to install new card processing equipment to handle those transactions was October 1,...
by admin | Jan 31, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Amazon customer, Eric Springer was understandably concerned when he got an email from Amazon customer service thanking him for contacting them because Springer had not contacted Amazon customer service. Unfortunately, an identity thief posing as Springer contacted...
by admin | Jan 16, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
While American judges struggle with finding proper sentences for cybercriminals, Turkish judges don’t appear to be having the doubts that American judges in some instances do. In the United States, the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) provides for a...
by admin | Nov 23, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Some of you may remember the 2011 data breach at Michaels, a national chain of craft stores in which 94,000 debit and credit card numbers were stolen along with the PINs for the debit cards. Recently, Crystal Banuelos, the apparent mastermind of the scam, pleaded...
