by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Nov 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
In February of this year I told you that Google released a new study that it did in conjunction with researchers at Stanford University in which it studied more than a billion malicious emails targeting gmail users. The study has a number of interesting points that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 12, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
By now everyone is aware of the Heartbleed security flaw in the Open SSL security technology that has been used by two-thirds of the world’s websites to encrypt communications between computer users and these websites. Where until recently we were under the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 8, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Once again I had to go no farther than my own email box for today’s scam of the day f0r two examples of scams that operate by getting you to click on tainted links. Never click on links in an email unless you are absolutely positive that they are legitimate. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 11, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
By now, most people are aware of the scam tactic referred to as “phishing,” by which you receive an email purportedly from a legitimate company or government agency that has all of the appearances of being a true and legitimate communication from the company or...
