by admin | Nov 30, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Late on November 25th, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which operates the municipal rail system in San Francisco, referred to as “Muni” was hacked when an SFMTA employee unwittingly clicked on a link in a phishing email and...
by admin | Sep 24, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s Scam of the day will be a bit longer than usual, but the added length is necessary to discuss the recent announcement of the massive data breach at Yahoo affecting as many as five hundred million people, making it the largest data breach in history. ...
by admin | Oct 22, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It was recently disclosed that CIA director John Brennan’s personal email account apparently was hacked. Actually, it was hacked four times before he terminated the account. The good news is that the hacking was not done by Russian, Iranian or Chinese...
by admin | Jul 11, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In my Scam of the day for September 2, 2014 I told you about the stealing of nude photos of more than a hundred celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Kim Kardashian and Hope Solo that were posted online. Now it has just been reported that model/actress...
by admin | Nov 11, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phishing, as you probably know, is the term for the tactic used by scammers and identity thieves who pose as a legitimate company, government agency or some other person or entity you trust and lure you into providing personal information that can either be used to...