by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 1, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Many people spend a considerable amount of time on Facebook. Identity thieves and hackers know this and are focusing their efforts against both Facebook as a company and individual Facebook users, attempting to gather personal information that can be used to make you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 21, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I have been reporting to you, there have been a recent wave of serious hacking into companies such as Facebook and now Apple, that were long thought to be secure and safe from cyberattacks and these two companies are only two of the hundreds that have been...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 7, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that in a joint effort with federal authorities it had stopped a botnet affecting more than 300,000 computers around the world. As regular readers of this blog know, a botnet is a network of computers remotely operated by hackers. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 4, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Microsoft, the maker of the Internet Explorer search engine has just issued an important security advisory (2794220) informing the public about vulnerabilities in the Internet Explorer versions 6,7 and 8. It is important to note that Internet Explorer 9 and Internet...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 8, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As I first reported to you on October 31st, foreign hackers succeeded in stealing the computer records of 3.6 million South Carolina citizens from the South Carolina Department of Revenue. These records contained a treasure trove of information for identity thieves...
