by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 19, 2024 | Scam of the day
Yesterday brought a huge disruption of the computers used by banks, airlines, radio, television stations, hospitals and more who used Crowdstrike’s Falcon EDR product on Microsoft Windows machines. The disruption was not caused by a hacker or a ransomware...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 18, 2019 | Scam of the day
The whole idea behind phishing or spear phishing emails is to lure you into clicking on links that may be infected with malware or tricking you into supplying personal information that can be used to make you a victim of identity theft. The email reproduced below...
by admin | Jun 27, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
According to the old saying, “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.” Reports are rapidly surfacing of another massive ransomware attack involving, Russia, Ukraine, Spain, France, India and the UK similar to the attack of only a few weeks...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 3, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Throughout the news and here on Scamicide there have been warnings for the past week about the extreme danger posed by a recently discovered flaw in the popular web browser, Internet Explorer. This flaw was not discovered before the flaw had already been exploited by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 30, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Yesterday I warned you about a potentially devastating flaw discovered in Internet Explorer that could enable a hacker to not only take control of your computer, but also gain access to all of the information contained in your computer and use it to access your bank...
