by admin | Oct 2, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
On September 27th I warned you about the revelation that there was a bug called Shellshock in the Bash command-line interpreter on many operating systems including Linux, Unix and Apple’s OSX that had just been discovered after more than twenty years. This bug...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 6, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It was revealed yesterday that a Russian gang of about 20 hackers committed what may be the largest data theft in history by stealing 1.2 billion user names and passwords along with 500 million email addresses. This particular gang has been operating since 2011, but...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 29, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
I am constantly warning people to use complex, distinct passwords for all of their online accounts in order to prevent the passwords from being stolen and deciphered when encrypted. The easiest passwords for an identity thief to decipher are those that use any word...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 26, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Hedge funds are aggressively managed investment portfolios that are largely unregulated. They generally are used by only the wealthiest of people. They also have become a ripe target for hackers who, according to a recent report by computer security firm BAE...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 1, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The FBI takes cybercrime seriously as do many law enforcement agencies and companies around the world. In a creative move to enhance its cybersecurity, British banks began hiring hackers to hack into their banks in an effort to learn where the vulnerabilities of...
