by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 5, 2019 | Scam of the day
It was only a little over a week ago that I alerted you to another in a long line of Airbnb scams. Airbnb is a deservedly popular service that connects homeowners wishing to rent a room or their entire house with vacationers and other travelers in 190 countries...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 22, 2019 | Scam of the day
Many of us are said to have data breach fatigue, which means that due to so many massive data breaches occurring in recent years, such as the Equifax data breach of 2017 in which 145 million people had personal information stolen, we have become numbed failed to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, which traditionally is one of the busiest shopping days of the year, one in which retailers often lure shoppers with tremendous bargains. Criminals do the same thing. On the Dark Web, that part of the...
by admin | Jan 26, 2018 | Scam of the day
Identity theft is a major problem for everyone, however, in recent years, children have become a prime target of identity thieves who, if they are able to get identifying information on a child such as the child’s Social Security number, can open a credit report...
by admin | Dec 15, 2017 | Scam of the day
Researcher Julio Casal recently discovered a massive data base of 1.4 billion unencrypted passwords available to cybercriminals on the Dark Web in a single file. The Dark Web is that part of the Internet where criminals buy and sell all manner of illegal and stolen...
