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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 26, 2026 | Scam of the day
Today’s Scam of the day is about a phishing email presently circulating that attempts to lure you into clicking on a link in order to continue using your AOL account. Millions of people still use AOL. One reason for this is that you get greater email privacy...
