by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 8, 2025 | Scam of the day
While we are all familiar with the rash of data breaches at major companies such as Stellantis, TransUnion, Allianz Life, Workday, Pandora, Cisco, Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany, Farmers Insurance and Qantas. a recent study by the tech company Proton found that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 2, 2025 | Scam of the day
I have written numerous times in the past about the theft of frequent flier miles from the accounts of unwary customers. Recently there has been a dramatic increase in the stealing of frequent flier miles from the accounts of unsuspecting airline customers who...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 4, 2024 | Scam of the day
The federal government has often warned business leaders to be ready for inevitable cyberattacks during the Christmas and New Year period. Many times in recent years, major cyberattacks and data breaches occurred over the holidays when businesses, government agencies...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 11, 2024 | Scam of the day
Connecticut College announced on February 7th that it had suffered a significant data breach going back to March of 2023. While the college, in its announcement indicated that it had “promptly contained the incident, took steps to remediate the issue, notified...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 20, 2023 | Scam of the day
We all generally know to avoid sketchy websites that may be infected with malware that can lead to serious problems if you unwittingly download the malware such as ransomware, keystroke logging malware that can lead to identity theft or other types of malware....