by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
I wrote about today’s Scam of the day previously this year but am repeating it again because I have heard from a number of Scamicide readers who have been targeted by this scam. The scam starts when you receive a message on Facebook Messenger that looks like...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 10, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The term “Heartbleed” sounds serious and it is. Heartbleed is the name of the recently discovered security flaw in the Open SSL encryption security technology that is used by up to 2/3 of websites on the Internet. An indication that the website you are...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 6, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Trustwave, a cybersecurity company has just uncovered a hacking of close to two million Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo, LinkedIn and other social media accounts. Even more ominously, the hacking includes other Internet sites including ADP, a payroll service...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 25, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A few days ago, Microsoft announced that it, like Apple, Facebook, Twitter and hundreds of other prominent companies had been hacked. The Microsoft hacking is still being investigated and it has not yet been determined if sensitive information was compromised or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 17, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Facebook has announced that its internal computer network has been hacked in what it described as a “sophisticated attack. According to Facebook, users of Facebook did not have their data compromised – this time. As I have warned you over and over again,...
