by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 10, 2021 | Scam of the day
Working in the world of scams, identity theft and cybersecurity, I have become a bit paranoid, but we all should remember that even paranoids have enemies. As cellphones have become pretty much universal, they have moved into the realm of being used as an identifier...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 19, 2021 | Scam of the day
In July of 2020 I first reported to you about the hacking of Twitter accounts belonging to many prominent people including Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Warren Buffet, Jeff Bezos and Mike Bloomberg along with company Twitter accounts of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 14, 2021 | Scam of the day
A week ago in my Scam of the day for February 8th, I wrote about why it was unwise for people to post photos of their vaccination cards on social media because it would let the world know their birhdate. Your birthdate is a signficiant piece of information that, in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 9, 2021 | Scam of the day
SIM card swapping is a major problem. A Subscriber Identity Module, more commonly known as a SIM card, is an integrated circuit that stores information used to authenticate subscribers on mobile devices, such as a cell phone. The SIM card is able to be transferred...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 5, 2020 | Scam of the day
Last week hackers took over the Twitter account of singer Mariah Carey and sent out sexually explicit messages to her 21.4 million followers that appeared to come from Carey. After several hours her Twitter account was secured. I reported to you in September...
