by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 2, 2020 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about the dangers of ransomware for five years, but today’s ransomware story has a different twist to it. Ransomware is the name for malware that once installed on a computer, often unwittingly through clicking on links in spear phishing...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 16, 2020 | Scam of the day
Two days ago, Twitter accounts belonging to many prominent people including Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Warren Buffet, Jeff Bezos, Mike Bloomberg and many more prominent people along with company Twitter accounts of Apple, Uber,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 15, 2020 | Scam of the day
Last February I told you about personal information of 10,683,188 people gathered in a data breach of MGM Resorts hotels turning up on Dark Web websites where criminals buy and sell stolen data. The data included full names, home addresses, phone numbers, email...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 26, 2020 | Scam of the day
In the years that I have been writing Scamicide, I have written many times about the extreme danger presented by phishing emails. These are emails that attempt to lure you into either clicking on links in the email that download harmful malware such as ransomware or...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 18, 2020 | Scam of the day
The phishing email that makes up today’s Scam of the day is very well crafted. It was sent to me by a Scamicide reader and her first name appeared in the phishing email making it appear legitimate. For privacy purposes I have crossed out the Scamicide...
