by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 25, 2023 | Scam of the day
A recent data breach at iDTech a coding camp for children that provides on-campus as well as online tech and coding courses has resulted in the hacker offering for sale on the Dark Web approximately a million records including names, dates of birth, email addresses...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 29, 2023 | Scam of the day
Having unique, complicated passwords for each of your accounts is an essential element of online security. However, remembering all of your passwords can be a difficult task for many people, which is why so many people use online password managers, which store all of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 11, 2022 | Scam of the day
July 12th is the beginning of Amazon Prime Day. I say the beginning because Amazon Prime Day actually extends from July 12th through July 13th. Amazon Prime Day is a global promotion of Amazon featuring sales on a variety of items available solely to Amazon Prime...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 12, 2022 | Scam of the day
The Justice Department recently announced that through collaborative efforts with law enforcement authorities in Cyprus and Latvia that it had shut down a series of criminal websites operating on the Dark Web, that part of the Internet where cybercriminals sell goods...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 20, 2022 | Scam of the day
Last summer I reported to you about a data breach at T-Mobile in which personal information of 54.6 million customers, former customers and prospective customers was stolen. The compromised information includes names, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and...