UPDATE: COMPROMISED SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
May 10, 2024ALL my identifiable personal details were found on the dark web as a result of the AT&T breach, and the cause of most breaches is human.
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If It Looks Like a Duck….
July 1, 2023The daily onslaught of email scams, fake phone calls and door to door cons are overwhelming. It is not just your car warranty any longer.
Do not let your guard down. Deception abounds.
Yet ANOTHER breach: The Capital One Breach
August 7, 2019Another day, another breach. This time it is Capital One. The news in a nutshell: the creditor was hacked and personal information was jeopardized. Here is what Capital One says: Based on analysis, over 100 million in the US and over 6 million in Canada are affected. Those individuals and small businesses that applied for […]
Virtual Kidnapping – It Is All Too Real
April 4, 2019Last night at 10:30pm, I had sleepily turned off the news when the phone rang. At that time of night, my heart stops a little and confusion set in all the more, especially when the caller ID looked as if I was calling myself. Curious, I answered. It was “Microsoft” to tell me that my […]
Identity Theft Protection Just Got Easier
September 25, 2018It was on one of my mom’s hospital visits that I had a most interesting conversation with her doctor. He had just received a phone call from a title company in another town and state asking if he was going to make it to the closing of his new home. Not only was he not […]
Sextortion: The Hottest Phishing Scam To Hit Your Inbox
August 29, 2018What Is Sextortion? Recently, news of a widespread sextortion phishing scam has surfaced. Sextortion occurs when someone threatens to distribute your private and sensitive material if you don’t provide them with images of a sexual nature, sexual favors, or money. It Hit The News Mid-July. July 12th Brian Krebs broke the story online. Many of his […]