by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 22, 2026 | Scam of the day
Scammers are using social engineering, which is just the fashionable way to say psychology, and contacting hotels and convincing the hotel IT workers to give access to their computer networks. Social engineering has been used effectively by cybercrime groups such as...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 17, 2026 | Scam of the day
Sunday is Father’s Day which for many people is an opportunity to show our fathers how much we love and appreciate them. For scam artists, it is yet another opportunity to scam people. One of the most common Father’s Day scams involves e-cards which are...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 27, 2026 | Scam of the day
Carnival Cruise Line suffered a massive data breach by the ransomware gang ShinyHunters through social engineering on April 18, 2026 that is estimated to have affected 8.7 million records. The data breach is still being investigated, but is reported to have included...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 25, 2026 | Scam of the day
Insurance company Liberty Mutual suffered a data breach on April 30th done by the ransomware group Everest. Stolen data included policyholders’ names, addresses, insurance policy numbers, financial and billing details and other personal information including,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 12, 2026 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for May 9, 2026 I told you about the data breach at the educational technology company Instructure which makes the hugely popular learning management system Canvas. Canvas is used by school districts and universities around the world. As many...
