by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 1, 2023 | Scam of the day
Having unique, complicated passwords for each of your accounts is an essential element of online security. However, remembering all of your passwords can be a difficult task for many people, which is why so many people use online password managers, which store all of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 25, 2023 | Scam of the day
The headline of this Scam of the day may be a bit confusing because dual factor authentication is not itself a scam, but rather a tool to avoid being scammed. It is not unusual for passwords to be compromised, particularly if you use the same password for all of your...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 23, 2019 | Scam of the day
Recently someone hacked into the Twitter account of Bob Buckhorn, the mayor of Tampa, Florida and used his account to send out a series of offensive, racist, sexist and pornographic tweets that appeared to come from the mayor. The tweets went on for more than five...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 19, 2019 | Scam of the day
Identity theft is a serious crime that can result in financial harm and tremendous disruption of the lives of its victims. In 2007 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enacted regulations called the Red Flags Rule and the Card Issuers Rule that required banks, credit...
by admin | Nov 10, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Cable and telecommunications company Comcast, which has approximately 28 million customers took the unusual step of freezing the accounts of 200,000 of its customers yesterday upon becoming aware that these particular customers had their personal information including...
