by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 24, 2025 | Scam of the day
Last month I told you that Verizon had issued its annual data breach report which appears to exemplify my motto that “things aren’t as bad as you think, they are far worse.” Regardless of how diligent you are in protecting your personal information...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 27, 2025 | Scam of the day
Verizon issued its annual data breach report which appears to exemplify my motto that “things aren’t as bad as you think, they are far worse.” Regardless of how diligent you are in protecting your personal information such as your Social Security...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 12, 2025 | Scam of the day
PowerSchool a major education technology software company used by 16,000 educational institutions with 50 million students recently announced that it had suffered a data breach that compromised the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and medical information of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 1, 2025 | Scam of the day
Deed fraud, which is also referred to as “property title theft” occurs when a criminal files a counterfeit deed to property owned by someone else and then either lives in the property or even sells the property to an unwary buyer. Deed fraud most commonly...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 22, 2024 | Scam of the day
Data breaches are all too common and according to a 2023 report by IBM, healthcare companies account for approximately 27% of all data breaches. Healthcare companies are targeted for a number of reasons including the general lack of security of many healthcare...