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...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 24, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Phishing is a common start to many scams. Phishing occurs when you respond to an email that appears to be from a legitimate company with which you do business only to learn that the official looking communication was a counterfeit, the sole purpose of which was to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 16, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although we have known for some time that the hacking of Target was accomplished through the initial hacking of Fazio Mechanical, a heating and air conditioning company that does business with Target and had access to Target’s computers for billing and ordering...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 9, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It is being reported that forensic computer investigators have discovered how the Target hackers managed to infiltrate the Target point-of-sale computer devices and systems, enabling them to steal credit and debit card information of more than a hundred million...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 26, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently the FBI issued a warning to retailers throughout the country warning them that the type of recent hacking of their credit and debit card payment systems that was used against Target and Neiman Marcus can be expected to be used against many more retailers in...