by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 23, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Duke University has announced that its Duke University Press has suffered a data breach. Although no financial information was stolen, usernames and encrypted passwords were stolen. However even though the passwords were encrypted, it is not uncommon for...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 21, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The online auction website eBay just announced yesterday that it had been hacked and customer’s names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth of as many as 112 million customers were stolen. At this time, it...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 17, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Over the last couple of years I have often reported to you about data breaches at major companies who have been hacked. The recent Target hacking although particularly large, was not particularly unusual. Two days ago, Kickstarter disclosed that it had been hacked. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 5, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Evernote is a popular on line service that helps you store notes, files, web pages and images on all of your electronic devices. It has both a free and a premium service for which you pay. Unfortunately Evernote is also popular with identity thieves as evidenced by...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 1, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
One new year’s resolution that everyone should make is to to take the steps necessary to provide greater security on their smart phones and other mobile devices. As anyone familiar with my recent book “50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital...
